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saxen

A tiny, super fast, namespace aware sax-style XML parser written in plain JavaScript

v11.2.0, 21 Sept 2026MITESM onlyTypes: NoneParsers and serialisers
$ npm install saxen
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
1.1m
+577% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
3 days ago
v11.2.0
GitHub stars
23
5 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
48

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0500k1m1.5mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 1.4m (8 Sept 2026)Low 60.1k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

1,113,684 downloads last week, 5,084,962 in the last month. The 12-month change of +577% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
640 in total
Latest version
11.2.0, 21 Sept 20263 days ago
First published
6 Nov 2017
Last push to GitHub
21 Sept 20263 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
48
Dependents on npm
12

Major versions

  1. v11 first release 11.0.0, 14 Dec 2025
  2. v10 first release 10.0.0, 5 Mar 2024
  3. v9 first release 9.0.0, 21 Dec 2022
  4. v8 first release 8.0.0, 3 Apr 2018
  5. v7 first release 7.0.0, 18 Mar 2018
  6. v6 first release 6.0.1, 18 Mar 2018
  7. v5 first release 5.0.0, 10 Nov 2017
  8. v4 first release 4.0.0, 9 Nov 2017
  9. v3 first release 3.0.0, 8 Nov 2017
  10. v2 first release 2.0.0, 7 Nov 2017
  11. v1 first release 1.0.0, 6 Nov 2017

Recent releases

VersionPublished
11.2.021 Sept 2026
11.1.127 Jul 2026
11.1.014 Jul 2026
11.0.214 Dec 2025
11.0.114 Dec 2025
11.0.014 Dec 2025
10.0.05 Mar 2024
9.0.021 Dec 2022
8.1.28 Apr 2020
8.1.11 Apr 2020
8.1.07 Oct 2018
8.0.03 Apr 2018
7.0.126 Mar 2018
7.0.018 Mar 2018

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>= 20.12
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
160 kB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install saxen

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/saxen@11.2.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/saxen@11.2.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/saxen@11.2.0

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
sax-ts42.7k-2 years agoCommonJS-
@rgrove/parse-xml115.6k-26 days agoESM only-
xml2js31.6m-3 years agoCommonJS-
xmlbuilder215.8m-9 months agoCommonJS-
elementtree3m-9 years agoCommonJS-
@xml-tools/parser971.3k-5 years agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.