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watchpack

Wrapper library for directory and file watching.

v2.5.2, 11 Jun 2026MITCommonJSTypes: BundledFiles and file systems
$ npm install watchpack

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
43.2m
+56% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
3 months ago
v2.5.2
GitHub stars
400
111 forks
Open issues / PRs
6 / 8
Contributors
39
Commits, last 52 weeks
80

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
020m40m60mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 56.2m (25 Aug 2026)Low 16.8m (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.

43,226,186 downloads last week, 203,273,072 in the last month. The 12-month change of +56% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
345 in total
Latest version
2.5.2, 11 Jun 20263 months ago
First published
9 Oct 2014
Last push to GitHub
24 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
6
Open pull requests
8
Commits, last 52 weeks
80
Dependents on npm
980

Major versions

  1. v2 first release 2.0.0, 17 Sept 2020
  2. v1 first release 1.0.0, 9 Feb 2016
  3. v0 first release 0.1.0, 9 Oct 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
2.5.211 Jun 2026
2.5.115 Jan 2026
2.5.023 Dec 2025
2.4.421 May 2025
2.4.319 May 2025
2.4.213 Aug 2024
2.4.113 Mar 2024
2.4.02 Jun 2022
2.3.16 Dec 2021
2.3.024 Nov 2021
2.2.019 May 2021
2.1.17 Feb 2021
2.1.08 Dec 2020
1.7.510 Nov 2020
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=10.13.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
106 kB
Dependencies (1)
graceful-fs
npm install watchpack
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/watchpack@2.5.2/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/watchpack@2.5.2/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/watchpack@2.5.2
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.