Package

strip-bom

Strip UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) from a string

v5.0.0, 16 Apr 2021MITESM onlyTypes: NoneStrings and text

$ npm install strip-bom

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 116.3m; +53% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 5 years ago; v5.0.0
GitHub stars: 113; 20 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: 7
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.

116,258,603 downloads last week, 557,557,577 in the last month. The 12-month change of +53% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 010 in total
Latest version: 5.0.0, 16 Apr 20215 years ago
First published: 4 Apr 2014
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: 2,058

Major versions

v5 first release 5.0.0, 16 Apr 2021
v4 first release 4.0.0, 28 Apr 2019
v3 first release 3.0.0, 30 Apr 2016
v2 first release 2.0.0, 29 Jun 2015
v1 first release 1.0.0, 22 Aug 2014
v0 first release 0.1.0, 4 Apr 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
5.0.0	16 Apr 2021
4.0.0	28 Apr 2019
3.0.0	30 Apr 2016
2.0.0	29 Jun 2015
1.0.0	22 Aug 2014
0.3.1	25 May 2014
0.3.0	14 May 2014
0.2.1	14 May 2014
0.2.0	12 May 2014
0.1.0	4 Apr 2014

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=12
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 3.5 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install strip-bom

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/strip-bom@5.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/strip-bom@5.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/strip-bom@5.0.0

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

Indexability: Indexed.