Package

wrench

Recursive filesystem (and other) operations that Node *should* have.

v1.5.9No license fieldCommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install wrench

Deprecated on npm

wrench.js is deprecated! You should check out fs-extra (https://github.com/jprichardson/node-fs-extra) for any operations you were using wrench for. Thanks for all the usage over the years.

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 77.6k; -27% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: -; v1.5.9
GitHub stars: 436; 69 forks
Open issues / PRs: 22 / 7
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.

77,561 downloads last week, 354,047 in the last month. The 12-month change of -27% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 1.5.9
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 26 Jul 20163,712 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: Yes
Open issues: 22
Open pull requests: 7
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=0.1.97
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): -
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install wrench

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/wrench@1.5.9/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/wrench@1.5.9/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/wrench@1.5.9

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

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): deprecated; no category.