Package

serve-favicon

favicon serving middleware with caching

v2.5.1, 10 Jun 2025MIT-Types: NoneHTTP servers and web frameworks

$ npm install serve-favicon

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 2m; +22% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 5; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v2.5.1
GitHub stars: 628; 74 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 8
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 6

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

2,021,092 downloads last week, 9,777,402 in the last month. The 12-month change of +22% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 022 in total
Latest version: 2.5.1, 10 Jun 20251 year ago
First published: 2 May 2014
Last push to GitHub: 1 Feb 2026235 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 8
Commits, last 52 weeks: 6
Dependents on npm: 2,673

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 2 May 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.5.1	10 Jun 2025
2.5.0	29 Mar 2018
2.4.5	26 Sept 2017
2.4.4	12 Sept 2017
2.4.3	16 May 2017
2.4.2	25 Mar 2017
2.4.1	28 Feb 2017
2.4.0	20 Feb 2017
2.3.2	17 Nov 2016
2.3.0	14 Jun 2015
2.2.1	14 May 2015
2.2.0	19 Dec 2014
2.1.7	20 Nov 2014
2.1.6	17 Oct 2014

Compatibility

Module format: -Not determined from package.json
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >= 0.8.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 15 kB
Dependencies (5): msetagfreshparseurlsafe-buffer

Install

npm install serve-favicon

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/serve-favicon@2.5.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/serve-favicon@2.5.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/serve-favicon@2.5.1

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Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.