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watchify

watch mode for browserify builds

v4.0.0, 28 Jan 2021MITCommonJSTypes: None
$ npm install watchify

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
353.4k
-37% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
7
Direct, from package.json
Last release
5 years ago
v4.0.0
GitHub stars
1.8k
178 forks
Open issues / PRs
29 / 8
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0200k400k600k800kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 724.5k (3 Mar 2026)Low 297.4k (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.

353,433 downloads last week, 1,782,983 in the last month. The 12-month change of -37% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
070 in total
Latest version
4.0.0, 28 Jan 20215 years ago
First published
30 May 2013
Last push to GitHub
21 Dec 2024642 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
29
Open pull requests
8
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
761

Major versions

  1. v4 first release 4.0.0, 28 Jan 2021
  2. v3 first release 3.0.0, 30 Mar 2015
  3. v2 first release 2.0.0, 8 Oct 2014
  4. v1 first release 1.0.0, 25 Jul 2014
  5. v0 first release 0.0.0, 30 May 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
4.0.028 Jan 2021
3.11.119 Feb 2019
3.11.04 Mar 2018
3.10.027 Jan 2018
3.9.025 Jan 2017
3.8.014 Dec 2016
3.7.09 Jan 2016
3.6.115 Nov 2015
3.6.030 Oct 2015
3.5.025 Oct 2015
3.4.02 Sept 2015
3.3.129 Jul 2015
3.3.018 Jul 2015
3.2.323 Jun 2015
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>= 8.10.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
52 kB
Dependencies (7)
xtenddefinedoutpipeanymatchchokidarthrough2browserify
npm install watchify
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/watchify@4.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/watchify@4.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/watchify@4.0.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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