Package

www-authenticate

Provides the functionality needed for a client to use HTTP Basic or Digest authentication. Also provides primitives for parsing WWW-Authenticate and Authentication_Info headers.

v0.6.3, 10 Feb 2023No license fieldCommonJSTypes: NoneAuthentication and authorisation

$ npm install www-authenticate

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Key numbers

As of 26 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 10.2k; +87% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 3 years ago; v0.6.3
GitHub stars: -
Open issues / PRs: - / -
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: -

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.

10,220 downloads last week, 43,271 in the last month. The 12-month change of +87% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 0.6.3, 10 Feb 20233 years ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: -
Repository archived: -
Open issues: -
Open pull requests: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: -
Dependents on npm: 30

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >= 0.8.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 20 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install www-authenticate

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/www-authenticate@0.6.3/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/www-authenticate@0.6.3/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/www-authenticate@0.6.3

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
http-auth Node.js package for HTTP basic and digest access authentication.	453.7k	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 26 Sept 2026.

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