Package

window-size

Reliable way to get the height and width of terminal/console, since it's not calculated or updated the same way on all platforms, environments and node.js versions.

v1.1.1, 27 Jul 2018MITCommonJSTypes: NoneCLI tools and terminal utilities

$ npm install window-size

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 4.1m; -2% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 2; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 8 years ago; v1.1.1
GitHub stars: 85; 15 forks
Open issues / PRs: 1 / 1
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

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.

4,067,889 downloads last week, 15,847,446 in the last month. The 12-month change of -2% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 010 in total
Latest version: 1.1.1, 27 Jul 20188 years ago
First published: 15 Feb 2014
Last push to GitHub: 12 Aug 2024773 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 1
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 304

Major versions

v1 first release 1.0.0, 7 May 2017
v0 first release 0.1.0, 15 Feb 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
1.1.1	27 Jul 2018
1.1.0	23 Jun 2017
1.0.0	7 May 2017
0.3.0	10 Dec 2016
0.2.0	26 Jan 2016
0.1.4	15 Nov 2015
0.1.3	15 Nov 2015
0.1.2	3 Jul 2015
0.1.1	7 Jun 2015
0.1.0	15 Feb 2014

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >= 0.10.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 12 kB
Dependencies (2): is-numberdefine-property

Install

npm install window-size

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/window-size@1.1.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/window-size@1.1.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/window-size@1.1.1

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

Indexability: Indexed.