Package · npm

chokidar

npm · v6.0.0 · MIT

Minimal and efficient cross-platform file watching library

Operating Systems & Low-Level (primary)

Install

npm install chokidar

Adoption

Downloads (30 days): 773.6M; Observeddownloads / 30 days
Popularity: Top 1% on npm; Derived100th percentile within npm
Dependents: 21.4K; Observedpackages that depend on it
Maintenance: 0.39; DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
Releases per year: 7.6; 110 versions over its life

Growth by period

Derived by Crest of Tech from two observations of npm’s own figure, a period apart. Nothing is stored or estimated: without an observation near the period’s start, the period is still collecting.

7 days: Collectinghistory; Collecting
30 days: −8.1% · 30d; Derived−67.8M downloads / 30 days, SEP 24 → OCT 24
90 days: −4.3% · 90d; Derived−34.9M downloads / 30 days, JUL 26 → OCT 24
1 year: +100.9% · 1y; Derived+388.5M downloads / 30 days, OCT 27 → OCT 24

Adoption historydownloads / 30 days · 112 observations

Table of observations (112)

Day	downloads / 30 days	Dependents
OCT 24, 2026	773,608,335	21,426
OCT 5, 2026	894,059,406	Not observed
OCT 4, 2026	894,059,406	Not observed
OCT 3, 2026	908,043,930	Not observed
OCT 2, 2026	886,889,258	Not observed
OCT 1, 2026	887,809,810	Not observed
SEP 30, 2026	880,974,958	Not observed
SEP 29, 2026	870,246,973	Not observed
SEP 28, 2026	841,299,686	Not observed
SEP 27, 2026	813,259,794	Not observed
SEP 26, 2026	825,182,618	Not observed
SEP 25, 2026	842,627,076	Not observed
SEP 24, 2026	841,449,601	Not observed
SEP 23, 2026	836,739,045	Not observed
SEP 22, 2026	830,273,148	Not observed
SEP 21, 2026	806,219,786	Not observed
SEP 20, 2026	782,871,348	Not observed
SEP 19, 2026	792,831,820	Not observed
SEP 18, 2026	808,061,872	Not observed
SEP 17, 2026	808,390,063	Not observed
SEP 16, 2026	806,813,591	Not observed
SEP 15, 2026	799,524,104	Not observed
SEP 14, 2026	816,157,631	Not observed
SEP 13, 2026	792,689,575	Not observed
SEP 12, 2026	774,455,749	Not observed
SEP 11, 2026	793,120,400	Not observed
SEP 10, 2026	793,689,541	Not observed
SEP 9, 2026	790,145,402	Not observed
SEP 8, 2026	784,774,505	Not observed
SEP 7, 2026	801,112,479	Not observed
SEP 6, 2026	817,356,449	Not observed
SEP 5, 2026	832,560,228	Not observed
SEP 4, 2026	844,912,586	Not observed
SEP 3, 2026	846,151,460	Not observed
SEP 2, 2026	882,864,586	Not observed
SEP 1, 2026	876,956,782	Not observed
AUG 31, 2026	853,629,089	Not observed
AUG 30, 2026	835,056,423	Not observed
AUG 29, 2026	849,392,162	Not observed
AUG 28, 2026	868,361,267	Not observed
AUG 27, 2026	870,999,551	Not observed
AUG 26, 2026	869,700,974	Not observed
AUG 25, 2026	866,672,202	Not observed
AUG 24, 2026	844,172,325	Not observed
AUG 23, 2026	823,153,538	Not observed
AUG 22, 2026	837,207,925	Not observed
AUG 21, 2026	854,972,026	Not observed
AUG 20, 2026	857,757,774	Not observed
AUG 19, 2026	856,681,222	Not observed
AUG 18, 2026	852,094,792	Not observed
AUG 17, 2026	829,964,977	Not observed
AUG 16, 2026	812,815,600	Not observed
AUG 15, 2026	826,476,119	Not observed
AUG 14, 2026	843,571,873	Not observed
AUG 13, 2026	877,787,547	Not observed
AUG 12, 2026	878,163,618	Not observed
AUG 11, 2026	877,561,581	Not observed
AUG 10, 2026	841,343,192	Not observed
AUG 9, 2026	823,041,378	Not observed
AUG 8, 2026	838,506,663	Not observed
AUG 7, 2026	856,985,042	Not observed
AUG 6, 2026	859,896,042	Not observed
AUG 5, 2026	865,121,435	Not observed
AUG 4, 2026	862,003,451	Not observed
AUG 3, 2026	840,076,836	Not observed
AUG 2, 2026	820,083,458	Not observed
AUG 1, 2026	831,317,296	Not observed
JUL 31, 2026	848,932,085	Not observed
JUL 30, 2026	851,801,149	Not observed
JUL 29, 2026	850,537,413	Not observed
JUL 28, 2026	848,220,166	Not observed
JUL 27, 2026	827,785,305	Not observed
JUL 26, 2026	808,511,871	Not observed
JUL 20, 2026	816,509,251	Not observed
JUL 13, 2026	807,737,941	Not observed
JUL 6, 2026	803,867,214	Not observed
JUN 29, 2026	764,484,475	Not observed
JUN 22, 2026	744,975,778	Not observed
JUN 15, 2026	732,035,307	Not observed
JUN 8, 2026	721,769,249	Not observed
JUN 1, 2026	739,936,191	Not observed
MAY 25, 2026	729,728,486	Not observed
MAY 18, 2026	718,634,153	Not observed
MAY 11, 2026	698,470,060	Not observed
MAY 4, 2026	666,818,151	Not observed
APR 27, 2026	649,285,622	Not observed
APR 20, 2026	633,238,655	Not observed
APR 13, 2026	606,694,880	Not observed
APR 6, 2026	592,989,953	Not observed
MAR 30, 2026	587,223,486	Not observed
MAR 23, 2026	555,346,284	Not observed
MAR 16, 2026	535,652,251	Not observed
MAR 9, 2026	514,169,448	Not observed
MAR 2, 2026	498,237,256	Not observed
FEB 23, 2026	481,112,112	Not observed
FEB 16, 2026	465,577,472	Not observed
FEB 9, 2026	449,712,530	Not observed
FEB 2, 2026	423,187,984	Not observed
JAN 26, 2026	365,853,712	Not observed
JAN 19, 2026	318,748,984	Not observed
JAN 12, 2026	315,104,392	Not observed
JAN 5, 2026	324,948,054	Not observed
DEC 29, 2025	370,055,805	Not observed
DEC 22, 2025	414,880,976	Not observed
DEC 15, 2025	422,081,126	Not observed
DEC 8, 2025	416,513,248	Not observed
DEC 1, 2025	406,321,612	Not observed
NOV 24, 2025	399,311,035	Not observed
NOV 17, 2025	399,228,854	Not observed
NOV 10, 2025	395,167,810	Not observed
NOV 3, 2025	388,533,730	Not observed
OCT 27, 2025	385,070,345	Not observed

Facts from the registry

Latest version: v6.0.0; 110 versions
First published: APR 26, 2012
Last release: OCT 19, 2026; 4d ago
Licence: MIT
Links: npm page (opens in a new tab); Homepage · github.com (opens in a new tab)

Repository

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paulmillr/chokidar

Minimal and efficient cross-platform file watching library

Stars: 12.2K
Forks: 638
Language: TypeScript
Last push: 2mo ago
Last release: 11mo ago

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Dependencies latest version · v6.0.0

Runtime 1

readdirp^5.1.1

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