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webpack-dev-middleware

A development middleware for webpack

v8.3.0, 3 Sept 2026MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install webpack-dev-middleware
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
20.9m
+6% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
5
Direct, from package.json
Last release
22 days ago
v8.3.0
GitHub stars
2.5k
380 forks
Open issues / PRs
5 / 2
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
194

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
010m20m30mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 26.4m (21 Jul 2026)Low 10.2m (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.

20,863,550 downloads last week, 88,274,591 in the last month. The 12-month change of +6% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
10126 in total
Latest version
8.3.0, 3 Sept 202622 days ago
First published
8 Aug 2012
Last push to GitHub
24 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
5
Open pull requests
2
Commits, last 52 weeks
194
Dependents on npm
3,268

Major versions

  1. v8 first release 8.0.0, 20 Mar 2026
  2. v7 first release 7.0.0, 26 Dec 2023
  3. v6 first release 6.0.0, 20 Nov 2022
  4. v5 first release 5.0.0, 2 Jun 2021
  5. v4 first release 4.0.0, 28 Oct 2020
  6. v3 first release 3.0.0, 28 Feb 2018
  7. v2 first release 2.0.0, 14 Dec 2017
  8. v1 first release 1.0.0, 17 Dec 2013
  9. v0 first release 0.5.0, 8 Aug 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
7.4.63 Sept 2026
8.3.03 Sept 2026
8.2.01 Sept 2026
8.1.11 Aug 2026
8.1.025 Jul 2026
8.0.423 Jul 2026
8.0.37 Apr 2026
8.0.224 Mar 2026
8.0.123 Mar 2026
8.0.020 Mar 2026
7.4.524 Sept 2025
7.4.423 Sept 2025
7.4.35 Sept 2025
7.4.221 Aug 2024

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>= 20.9.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
262 kB
Dependencies (5)
memfsmime-typesrange-parserschema-utilsansi-html-community
Peer dependencies (1)
webpack

Install

npm install webpack-dev-middleware

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/webpack-dev-middleware@8.3.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/webpack-dev-middleware@8.3.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/webpack-dev-middleware@8.3.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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