Package

shebang-regex

Regular expression for matching a shebang line

v4.0.0, 13 Aug 2021MITESM onlyTypes: None

$ npm install shebang-regex

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 177.7m; +126% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 5 years ago; v4.0.0
GitHub stars: 48; 9 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: 4
Commits, last 52 weeks: 1

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.

177,661,107 downloads last week, 837,980,458 in the last month. The 12-month change of +126% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 04 in total
Latest version: 4.0.0, 13 Aug 20215 years ago
First published: 17 Feb 2015
Last push to GitHub: 18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 1
Dependents on npm: 2,251

Major versions

v4 first release 4.0.0, 13 Aug 2021
v3 first release 3.0.0, 27 Apr 2019
v2 first release 2.0.0, 4 Dec 2015
v1 first release 1.0.0, 17 Feb 2015

Recent releases

Version	Published
4.0.0	13 Aug 2021
3.0.0	27 Apr 2019
2.0.0	4 Dec 2015
1.0.0	17 Feb 2015

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: ^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 3.2 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install shebang-regex

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/shebang-regex@4.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/shebang-regex@4.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/shebang-regex@4.0.0

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

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