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xdg-basedir

Get XDG Base Directory paths

v5.1.0, 5 Aug 2021MITESM onlyTypes: None
$ npm install xdg-basedir
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
15.5m
+47% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
5 years ago
v5.1.0
GitHub stars
94
10 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
1

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
010m20m30mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 20.9m (25 Aug 2026)Low 6.7m (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.

15,520,287 downloads last week, 75,555,297 in the last month. The 12-month change of +47% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
08 in total
Latest version
5.1.0, 5 Aug 20215 years ago
First published
6 Oct 2014
Last push to GitHub
18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
1
Dependents on npm
835

Major versions

  1. v5 first release 5.0.0, 5 Apr 2021
  2. v4 first release 4.0.0, 30 Apr 2019
  3. v3 first release 3.0.0, 13 Feb 2017
  4. v2 first release 2.0.0, 13 Jun 2015
  5. v1 first release 1.0.0, 6 Oct 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
5.1.05 Aug 2021
5.0.15 Apr 2021
5.0.05 Apr 2021
4.0.030 Apr 2019
3.0.013 Feb 2017
2.0.013 Jun 2015
1.0.113 Jan 2015
1.0.06 Oct 2014

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=12
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
6.7 kB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install xdg-basedir

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/xdg-basedir@5.1.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/xdg-basedir@5.1.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/xdg-basedir@5.1.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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