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uuidv4

uuidv4 creates v4 UUIDs.

v6.2.13, 25 Mar 2022MITCommonJSTypes: BundledCryptography and hashing
$ npm install uuidv4
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
464.4k
-3% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
4 years ago
v6.2.13
GitHub stars
-
Open issues / PRs
- / -
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0200k400k600k800kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 651.1k (12 May 2026)Low 279k (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.

464,432 downloads last week, 2,237,099 in the last month. The 12-month change of -3% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
039 in total
Latest version
6.2.13, 25 Mar 20224 years ago
First published
8 Oct 2014
Last push to GitHub
-
Repository archived
-
Open issues
-
Open pull requests
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v6 first release 6.0.0, 15 Nov 2019
  2. v5 first release 5.0.0, 28 Aug 2019
  3. v4 first release 4.0.0, 2 Apr 2019
  4. v3 first release 3.0.0, 10 Feb 2019
  5. v2 first release 2.0.0, 18 Sept 2018
  6. v1 first release 1.0.0, 8 Feb 2018
  7. v0 first release 0.3.0, 8 Oct 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
6.2.1325 Mar 2022
6.2.1216 Aug 2021
6.2.116 Jul 2021
6.2.108 Jun 2021
6.2.98 Jun 2021
6.2.810 May 2021
6.2.725 Mar 2021
6.2.69 Dec 2020
6.2.53 Nov 2020
6.2.45 Oct 2020
6.2.318 Aug 2020
6.2.25 Aug 2020
6.2.131 Jul 2020
6.2.016 Jul 2020

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
17 kB
Dependencies (2)
uuid@types/uuid

Install

npm install uuidv4

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/uuidv4@6.2.13/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/uuidv4@6.2.13/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/uuidv4@6.2.13

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
short-uuid446.3k-9 months agoCommonJS-
uuid479.6k-4 years agoESM + CommonJS-
typeid-js1.4m-1 year agoESM + CommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): deprecated; GitHub data not fetched yet.