Package

shlex

Node.js port of Python's shlex shell-like lexer

v3.0.0, 28 Jun 2025MITESM onlyTypes: BundledCLI tools and terminal utilities Parsers and serialisers

$ npm install shlex

npm GitHub Homepage

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 430.2k; +69% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v3.0.0
GitHub stars: 42; 6 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 1
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

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.

430,199 downloads last week, 1,797,976 in the last month. The 12-month change of +69% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 011 in total
Latest version: 3.0.0, 28 Jun 20251 year ago
First published: 19 Jun 2018
Last push to GitHub: 15 Nov 2025313 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 50

Major versions

v3 first release 3.0.0, 28 Jun 2025
v2 first release 2.0.0, 24 Mar 2019
v1 first release 1.0.0, 19 Jun 2018

Recent releases

Version	Published
3.0.0	28 Jun 2025
2.1.2	24 Jun 2022
2.1.1	24 Jun 2022
2.1.0	25 May 2021
2.0.2	6 Apr 2020
2.0.1	25 Mar 2019
2.0.0	24 Mar 2019
1.0.3	6 Sept 2018
1.0.2	24 Jun 2018
1.0.1	19 Jun 2018
1.0.0	19 Jun 2018

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 21 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install shlex

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/shlex@3.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/shlex@3.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/shlex@3.0.0

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

Indexability: Indexed.