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sqs-consumer

Build SQS-based Node applications without the boilerplate

v15.0.3, 17 Jul 2026Apache-2.0ESM + CommonJSTypes: BundledQueues and background jobsCloud SDKs
$ npm install sqs-consumer
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
1.2m
+82% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
2 months ago
v15.0.3
GitHub stars
1.9k
337 forks
Open issues / PRs
1 / 10
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
254

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0500k1m1.5m2mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 1.7m (21 Jul 2026)Low 436.2k (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.

1,154,382 downloads last week, 5,924,704 in the last month. The 12-month change of +82% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
15100 in total
Latest version
15.0.3, 17 Jul 20262 months ago
First published
25 Oct 2014
Last push to GitHub
22 Sept 20263 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
1
Open pull requests
10
Commits, last 52 weeks
254
Dependents on npm
626

Major versions

  1. v15 first release 15.0.0, 2 May 2026
  2. v14 first release 14.0.0, 15 Sept 2025
  3. v13 first release 13.0.0, 26 Aug 2025
  4. v12 first release 12.0.0, 9 May 2025
  5. v11 first release 11.0.0, 10 Jul 2024
  6. v10 first release 10.0.1, 27 Apr 2024
  7. v9 first release 9.0.0, 11 Mar 2024
  8. v8 first release 8.0.0, 24 Nov 2023
  9. v7 first release 7.0.0, 18 Feb 2023
  10. v6 first release 6.0.0, 16 Dec 2022
  11. v5 first release 5.0.0, 18 Feb 2019
  12. v4 first release 4.0.0, 10 Jan 2019
  13. v3 first release 3.0.0, 3 Dec 2015
  14. v2 first release 2.0.0, 14 Jan 2015
  15. v1 first release 1.0.0, 25 Oct 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
15.0.317 Jul 2026
15.0.226 May 2026
15.0.12 May 2026
15.0.02 May 2026
14.2.819 Apr 2026
14.2.719 Apr 2026
14.2.627 Mar 2026
14.2.520 Mar 2026
14.2.420 Mar 2026
14.2.317 Mar 2026
14.2.222 Feb 2026
14.2.123 Jan 2026
14.2.012 Dec 2025
14.1.031 Oct 2025

Compatibility

Module format
ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=22.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
171 kB
Dependencies (2)
debug@aws-sdk/client-sqs
Peer dependencies (1)
@aws-sdk/client-sqs

Install

npm install sqs-consumer

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/sqs-consumer@15.0.3/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/sqs-consumer@15.0.3/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/sqs-consumer@15.0.3

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
@inngest/middleware-sentry113.8k-6 months agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.