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snappy

Fastest Snappy compression library in Node.js

v7.4.3, 9 Sept 2026MITESM + CommonJSTypes: BundledCompression and archives
$ npm install snappy
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
546.2k
+47% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
15 days ago
v7.4.3
GitHub stars
213
15 forks
Open issues / PRs
14 / 2
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
74

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0250k500k750k1mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 864k (23 Jun 2026)Low 285.4k (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.

546,217 downloads last week, 2,648,874 in the last month. The 12-month change of +47% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
476 in total
Latest version
7.4.3, 9 Sept 202615 days ago
First published
17 May 2011
Last push to GitHub
24 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
14
Open pull requests
2
Commits, last 52 weeks
74
Dependents on npm
218

Major versions

  1. v7 first release 7.0.0, 4 Aug 2021
  2. v6 first release 6.0.0, 8 Apr 2017
  3. v5 first release 5.0.0, 24 Mar 2016
  4. v4 first release 4.0.0, 4 Aug 2015
  5. v3 first release 3.0.0, 12 Jun 2014
  6. v2 first release 2.0.0, 4 May 2013
  7. v1 first release 1.0.0, 6 Dec 2011

Recent releases

VersionPublished
7.4.39 Sept 2026
7.4.220 Aug 2026
7.4.117 Aug 2026
7.4.012 Aug 2026
7.3.311 Sept 2025
7.3.216 Aug 2025
7.3.14 Aug 2025
7.3.015 Jul 2025
7.2.213 Nov 2022
7.2.123 Oct 2022
7.2.05 Oct 2022
7.1.29 Aug 2022
7.1.122 Dec 2021
7.1.022 Dec 2021

Compatibility

Module format
ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>= 10
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
62 kB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install snappy

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/snappy@7.4.3/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/snappy@7.4.3/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/snappy@7.4.3

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
lz4-napi137.3k-1 month agoESM + CommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.