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user-home

Get the path to the user home directory

v3.0.0, 9 Apr 2021MIT-Types: None
$ npm install user-home
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Deprecated on npm
Deprecated. Just use `import {homedir} from os;`.

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
2.6m
-5% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
5 years ago
v3.0.0
GitHub stars
156
12 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
02m4m6mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 4m (21 Oct 2025)Low 1.2m (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.

2,576,429 downloads last week, 10,964,839 in the last month. The 12-month change of -5% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
05 in total
Latest version
3.0.0, 9 Apr 20215 years ago
First published
3 Aug 2014
Last push to GitHub
9 Apr 20211,994 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
Yes
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v3 first release 3.0.0, 9 Apr 2021
  2. v2 first release 2.0.0, 13 Jun 2015
  3. v1 first release 1.0.0, 3 Aug 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
3.0.09 Apr 2021
2.0.013 Jun 2015
1.1.113 Jan 2015
1.1.016 Oct 2014
1.0.03 Aug 2014

Compatibility

Module format
-Not determined from package.json
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=0.10.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
3.6 kB
Dependencies (1)
os-homedir

Install

npm install user-home

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/user-home@3.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/user-home@3.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/user-home@3.0.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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