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wait-on

wait-on is a cross platform command line utility and Node.js API which will wait for files, ports, sockets, and http(s) resources to become available

v9.1.0, 21 Jul 2026MITCommonJSTypes: NoneCLI tools and terminal utilities
$ npm install wait-on
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
7.5m
+55% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
5
Direct, from package.json
Last release
2 months ago
v9.1.0
GitHub stars
2k
88 forks
Open issues / PRs
49 / 13
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
36

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
05m10m15mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 10.7m (25 Aug 2026)Low 3m (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.

7,460,658 downloads last week, 37,614,285 in the last month. The 12-month change of +55% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
1062 in total
Latest version
9.1.0, 21 Jul 20262 months ago
First published
23 Jul 2015
Last push to GitHub
13 Sept 202611 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
49
Open pull requests
13
Commits, last 52 weeks
36
Dependents on npm
385

Major versions

  1. v9 first release 9.0.0, 16 Sept 2025
  2. v8 first release 8.0.0, 20 Aug 2024
  3. v7 first release 7.0.0, 16 Dec 2022
  4. v6 first release 6.0.0, 27 Jun 2021
  5. v5 first release 5.0.0, 5 May 2020
  6. v4 first release 4.0.0, 18 Jan 2020
  7. v3 first release 3.0.0, 2 Sept 2018
  8. v2 first release 2.0.0, 9 Nov 2016
  9. v1 first release 1.0.0, 23 Jul 2015

Recent releases

VersionPublished
9.1.021 Jul 2026
9.0.1011 May 2026
9.0.911 May 2026
9.0.811 May 2026
9.0.711 May 2026
9.0.610 May 2026
9.0.510 Apr 2026
9.0.412 Feb 2026
9.0.38 Nov 2025
9.0.28 Nov 2025
9.0.120 Sept 2025
9.0.016 Sept 2025
8.0.512 Sept 2025
8.0.423 Jul 2025

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=20.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
34 kB
Dependencies (5)
joirxjsaxioslodashminimist

Install

npm install wait-on

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/wait-on@9.1.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/wait-on@9.1.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/wait-on@9.1.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.