Package

whatwg-mimetype

Parses, serializes, and manipulates MIME types, according to the WHATWG MIME Sniffing Standard

v5.0.0, 20 Jan 2026MITCommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install whatwg-mimetype

npm GitHub Homepage

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 93.9m; +184% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 8 months ago; v5.0.0
GitHub stars: 95; 18 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: 5
Commits, last 52 weeks: 7

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

93,853,972 downloads last week, 457,972,396 in the last month. The 12-month change of +184% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 18 in total
Latest version: 5.0.0, 20 Jan 20268 months ago
First published: 10 Dec 2017
Last push to GitHub: 21 Jan 2026246 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 7
Dependents on npm: 733

Major versions

v5 first release 5.0.0, 20 Jan 2026
v4 first release 4.0.0, 11 Nov 2023
v3 first release 3.0.0, 18 Sept 2021
v2 first release 2.0.0, 10 Dec 2017

Recent releases

Version	Published
5.0.0	20 Jan 2026
4.0.0	11 Nov 2023
3.0.0	18 Sept 2021
2.3.0	20 Nov 2018
2.2.0	14 Sept 2018
2.1.0	4 Feb 2018
2.0.1	10 Dec 2017
2.0.0	10 Dec 2017

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=20
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 42 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install whatwg-mimetype

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/whatwg-mimetype@5.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/whatwg-mimetype@5.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/whatwg-mimetype@5.0.0

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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