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tape

tap-producing test harness for node and browsers

v5.10.2, 18 Jun 2026MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install tape
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
831.7k
-7% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
25
Direct, from package.json
Last release
3 months ago
v5.10.2
GitHub stars
5.8k
304 forks
Open issues / PRs
31 / 9
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
19

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0500k1m1.5mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 1.1m (21 Oct 2025)Low 346.7k (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.

831,660 downloads last week, 3,337,350 in the last month. The 12-month change of -7% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
3155 in total
Latest version
5.10.2, 18 Jun 20263 months ago
First published
25 Nov 2012
Last push to GitHub
18 Sept 20267 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
31
Open pull requests
9
Commits, last 52 weeks
19
Dependents on npm
1,015

Major versions

  1. v5 first release 5.0.0, 24 Apr 2020
  2. v4 first release 4.0.0, 3 Apr 2015
  3. v3 first release 3.0.0, 16 Sept 2014
  4. v2 first release 2.0.0, 14 Oct 2013
  5. v1 first release 1.0.0, 4 May 2013
  6. v0 first release 0.0.0, 25 Nov 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
5.10.218 Jun 2026
5.10.112 Jun 2026
5.10.09 Jun 2026
5.9.015 Sept 2024
5.8.116 Jun 2024
5.8.015 Jun 2024
5.7.514 Feb 2024
5.7.425 Jan 2024
5.7.313 Jan 2024
5.7.221 Oct 2023
5.7.111 Oct 2023
4.17.022 Sept 2023
5.7.021 Sept 2023
5.6.618 Jul 2023

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
466 kB
Dependencies (25)
globhasowndefinedresolvefor-eachinheritsis-regexminimistcall-binddotignoreobject-iscall-bounddeep-equal@ljharb/nowobject-keysmock-propertyobject.assignobject-inspect@ljharb/resumer@ljharb/throughes-object-atomsget-package-typehas-dynamic-importarray.prototype.everystring.prototype.trim

Install

npm install tape

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tape@5.10.2/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/tape@5.10.2/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/tape@5.10.2
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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