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yaml

JavaScript parser and stringifier for YAML

v2.9.1, 11 Sept 2026ISCCommonJSTypes: BundledParsers and serialisers
$ npm install yaml

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
149.5m
+115% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
13 days ago
v2.9.1
GitHub stars
1.7k
178 forks
Open issues / PRs
26 / 7
Contributors
39
Commits, last 52 weeks
134

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0100m200m300mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 201.4m (25 Aug 2026)Low 46.4m (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.

149,540,069 downloads last week, 724,705,873 in the last month. The 12-month change of +115% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
669 in total
Latest version
2.9.1, 11 Sept 202613 days ago
First published
15 Apr 2011
Last push to GitHub
23 Sept 20262 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
26
Open pull requests
7
Commits, last 52 weeks
134
Dependents on npm
25,254

Major versions

  1. v2 first release 2.0.0, 6 Apr 2022
  2. v1 first release 1.0.0, 19 Sept 2018
  3. v0 first release 0.1.0, 15 Apr 2011

Recent releases

VersionPublished
2.9.111 Sept 2026
2.9.011 May 2026
2.8.42 May 2026
2.8.321 Mar 2026
1.10.321 Mar 2026
2.8.230 Nov 2025
2.8.15 Aug 2025
2.8.015 May 2025
2.7.129 Mar 2025
2.7.031 Dec 2024
2.6.119 Nov 2024
2.6.013 Oct 2024
2.5.13 Sept 2024
2.5.024 Jul 2024
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>= 14.6
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
670 kB
Dependencies (0)
None
npm install yaml

CDN

jsDelivr: 3.1m requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/yaml@2.9.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/yaml@2.9.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/yaml@2.9.1
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.