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validator

String validation and sanitization

v13.15.35, 2 Apr 2026MITCommonJSTypes: NoneSchema validationSecurity
$ npm install validator
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
18.4m
+39% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
5 months ago
v13.15.35
GitHub stars
23.7k
2.5k forks
Open issues / PRs
182 / 326
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
44

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
010m20m30mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 26.4m (25 Aug 2026)Low 9.2m (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.

18,351,096 downloads last week, 89,392,474 in the last month. The 12-month change of +39% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
5215 in total
Latest version
13.15.35, 2 Apr 20265 months ago
First published
4 Jan 2011
Last push to GitHub
11 Sept 202613 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
182
Open pull requests
326
Commits, last 52 weeks
44
Dependents on npm
7,471

Major versions

  1. v13 first release 13.0.0, 20 Mar 2020
  2. v12 first release 12.0.0, 27 Oct 2019
  3. v11 first release 11.0.0, 23 May 2019
  4. v10 first release 10.0.0, 3 May 2018
  5. v9 first release 9.0.0, 29 Sept 2017
  6. v8 first release 8.0.0, 7 Jul 2017
  7. v7 first release 7.0.0, 25 Feb 2017
  8. v6 first release 6.0.0, 27 Sept 2016
  9. v5 first release 5.0.0, 21 Feb 2016
  10. v4 first release 4.0.0, 31 Jul 2015
  11. v3 first release 3.0.0, 8 Jan 2014
  12. v2 first release 2.0.0, 31 Oct 2013
  13. v1 first release 1.0.0, 15 Apr 2013
  14. v0 first release 0.1.1, 4 Jan 2011

Recent releases

VersionPublished
13.15.352 Apr 2026
13.15.2618 Dec 2025
13.15.2310 Nov 2025
13.15.229 Nov 2025
13.15.2026 Oct 2025
13.15.1528 May 2025
13.15.024 Mar 2025
13.12.09 May 2024
13.11.04 Aug 2023
13.9.02 Feb 2023
13.7.01 Nov 2021
13.6.020 Apr 2021
13.5.210 Dec 2020
13.5.130 Nov 2020

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>= 0.10
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
805 kB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install validator

CDN

jsDelivr: 2.5m requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/validator@13.15.35/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/validator@13.15.35/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/validator@13.15.35

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
@apidevtools/swagger-parser4.1m-4 days agoCommonJS-
swagger-parser985.9k-5 years agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.