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update-notifier

Update notifications for your CLI app

v7.3.1, 9 Sept 2024BSD-2-ClauseESM onlyTypes: NoneCLI tools and terminal utilities
$ npm install update-notifier
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
7.8m
+15% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
10
Direct, from package.json
Last release
2 years ago
v7.3.1
GitHub stars
1.8k
159 forks
Open issues / PRs
19 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
1

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
05m10m15mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 10.4m (18 Aug 2026)Low 3.7m (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.

7,831,116 downloads last week, 36,971,308 in the last month. The 12-month change of +15% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
052 in total
Latest version
7.3.1, 9 Sept 20242 years ago
First published
8 Dec 2012
Last push to GitHub
25 Jul 202661 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
19
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
1
Dependents on npm
6,021

Major versions

  1. v7 first release 7.0.0, 27 Oct 2023
  2. v6 first release 6.0.0, 23 Jun 2022
  3. v5 first release 5.0.0, 29 Sept 2020
  4. v4 first release 4.0.0, 12 Dec 2019
  5. v3 first release 3.0.0, 10 May 2019
  6. v2 first release 2.0.0, 13 Feb 2017
  7. v1 first release 1.0.0, 13 Jun 2016
  8. v0 first release 0.1.0, 8 Dec 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
7.3.19 Sept 2024
7.3.027 Aug 2024
7.2.026 Jul 2024
7.1.012 Jul 2024
7.0.027 Oct 2023
6.0.224 Jun 2022
6.0.123 Jun 2022
6.0.023 Jun 2022
5.1.031 Jan 2021
5.0.11 Nov 2020
5.0.029 Sept 2020
4.1.329 Sept 2020
4.1.229 Sept 2020
4.1.116 Aug 2020

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=18
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
14 kB
Dependencies (10)
pupaboxenchalkis-npmsemveris-in-ciconfigstorexdg-basedirlatest-versionis-installed-globally

Install

npm install update-notifier

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/update-notifier@7.3.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/update-notifier@7.3.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/update-notifier@7.3.1

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
update-notifier-cjs1.8m-1 year ago--
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.