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serialport

Node.js package to access serial ports. Linux, OSX and Windows. Welcome your robotic JavaScript overlords. Better yet, program them!

v13.0.0, 24 Dec 2024MITCommonJSTypes: BundledPromises and async control flowNode.js utilities
$ npm install serialport

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
320.2k
+171% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
14
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 year ago
v13.0.0
GitHub stars
6k
1k forks
Open issues / PRs
157 / 1
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
41

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0100k200k300k400kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 355.3k (16 Jun 2026)Low 82.1k (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.

320,183 downloads last week, 1,217,090 in the last month. The 12-month change of +171% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
0143 in total
Latest version
13.0.0, 24 Dec 20241 year ago
First published
17 Feb 2011
Last push to GitHub
17 Jan 2026251 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
157
Open pull requests
1
Commits, last 52 weeks
41
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v13 first release 13.0.0, 24 Dec 2024
  2. v12 first release 12.0.0, 29 Aug 2023
  3. v11 first release 11.0.0, 29 Apr 2023
  4. v10 first release 10.0.0, 11 Dec 2021
  5. v9 first release 9.0.0, 10 May 2020
  6. v8 first release 8.0.0, 16 May 2019
  7. v7 first release 7.0.1, 29 Aug 2018
  8. v6 first release 6.0.0, 9 Oct 2017
  9. v5 first release 5.0.0, 30 Jul 2017
  10. v4 first release 4.0.0, 2 Jul 2016
  11. v3 first release 3.0.0, 25 Apr 2016
  12. v2 first release 2.0.0, 12 Oct 2015
  13. v1 first release 1.0.0, 13 Jul 2012
  14. v0 first release 0.1.0, 17 Feb 2011

Recent releases

VersionPublished
13.0.024 Dec 2024
12.0.029 Aug 2023
11.0.127 Jul 2023
11.0.029 Apr 2023
10.5.017 Nov 2022
10.4.04 Mar 2022
10.3.014 Feb 2022
10.2.25 Feb 2022
10.2.13 Feb 2022
10.2.03 Feb 2022
10.1.023 Jan 2022
10.0.28 Jan 2022
10.0.125 Dec 2021
10.0.011 Dec 2021
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=20.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
12 kB
Dependencies (14)
debug@serialport/stream@serialport/binding-mock@serialport/bindings-cpp@serialport/parser-ready@serialport/parser-regex@serialport/parser-cctalk@serialport/parser-readline@serialport/parser-delimiter@serialport/parser-byte-length@serialport/parser-spacepacket@serialport/parser-slip-encoder@serialport/parser-packet-length@serialport/parser-inter-byte-timeout
npm install serialport
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/serialport@13.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/serialport@13.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/serialport@13.0.0
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
mappersmith430.7k-5 months agoESM + CommonJS-
split-file36.9k-9 months agoCommonJS-
mime-kind34.5k-3 years agoCommonJS-
p-map61.6m-12 days agoESM only-
emittery35.2m-6 months agoESM only-
async-wait-until130.2k-11 months agoESM + CommonJS-
@jsdevtools/ez-spawn120.7k-6 years agoCommonJS-
clean-css-promise102.2k-7 years ago--
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.