Package · npm
default-browser
npm · v5.5.1 · MIT
Get the default browser
Install
npm install default-browserAdoption
- Downloads (30 days)
- 245.3M
- Observeddownloads / 30 days
- Popularity
- Top 10% on npm
- Derived96th percentile within npm
- Dependents
- 260
- Observedpackages that depend on it
- Maintenance
- 0.56
- DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
- Releases per year
- 1.3
- 16 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
- +4.7% · 30d
- Derived+11.1M downloads / 30 days, SEP 24 → OCT 24
- 90 days
- +38.7% · 90d
- Derived+68.4M downloads / 30 days, JUL 26 → OCT 24
- 1 year
- +323.3% · 1y
- Derived+187.3M downloads / 30 days, NOV 3 → OCT 24
Adoption history
Adoption historydownloads / 30 days · 73 observations
Table of observations (73)
| Day | downloads / 30 days | Dependents |
|---|---|---|
| OCT 24, 2026 | 245,262,256 | 260 |
| OCT 5, 2026 | 252,582,676 | Not observed |
| OCT 4, 2026 | 252,582,676 | Not observed |
| OCT 3, 2026 | 256,971,730 | Not observed |
| OCT 2, 2026 | 251,191,726 | Not observed |
| OCT 1, 2026 | 250,885,883 | Not observed |
| SEP 30, 2026 | 248,395,120 | Not observed |
| SEP 29, 2026 | 244,607,137 | Not observed |
| SEP 28, 2026 | 235,362,608 | Not observed |
| SEP 27, 2026 | 226,783,483 | Not observed |
| SEP 26, 2026 | 230,395,706 | Not observed |
| SEP 25, 2026 | 235,281,017 | Not observed |
| SEP 24, 2026 | 234,164,863 | Not observed |
| SEP 23, 2026 | 232,136,798 | Not observed |
| SEP 22, 2026 | 229,331,894 | Not observed |
| SEP 21, 2026 | 221,567,252 | Not observed |
| SEP 20, 2026 | 214,567,254 | Not observed |
| SEP 19, 2026 | 218,454,036 | Not observed |
| SEP 18, 2026 | 223,309,881 | Not observed |
| SEP 17, 2026 | 222,459,882 | Not observed |
| SEP 16, 2026 | 220,896,383 | Not observed |
| SEP 15, 2026 | 217,858,478 | Not observed |
| SEP 14, 2026 | 221,729,886 | Not observed |
| SEP 13, 2026 | 214,290,968 | Not observed |
| SEP 12, 2026 | 209,567,526 | Not observed |
| SEP 11, 2026 | 214,163,718 | Not observed |
| SEP 10, 2026 | 213,076,488 | Not observed |
| SEP 9, 2026 | 210,813,166 | Not observed |
| SEP 8, 2026 | 207,977,276 | Not observed |
| SEP 7, 2026 | 211,787,228 | Not observed |
| SEP 6, 2026 | 215,697,742 | Not observed |
| SEP 5, 2026 | 219,526,716 | Not observed |
| SEP 4, 2026 | 221,942,836 | Not observed |
| SEP 3, 2026 | 221,006,178 | Not observed |
| SEP 2, 2026 | 230,329,992 | Not observed |
| SEP 1, 2026 | 227,282,266 | Not observed |
| AUG 31, 2026 | 219,684,667 | Not observed |
| AUG 30, 2026 | 213,819,456 | Not observed |
| AUG 29, 2026 | 217,579,029 | Not observed |
| AUG 28, 2026 | 222,348,999 | Not observed |
| AUG 27, 2026 | 222,100,470 | Not observed |
| AUG 26, 2026 | 220,666,116 | Not observed |
| AUG 25, 2026 | 218,948,424 | Not observed |
| AUG 24, 2026 | 212,126,182 | Not observed |
| AUG 23, 2026 | 205,996,019 | Not observed |
| AUG 22, 2026 | 209,423,554 | Not observed |
| AUG 21, 2026 | 213,847,641 | Not observed |
| AUG 20, 2026 | 213,749,150 | Not observed |
| AUG 19, 2026 | 212,726,187 | Not observed |
| AUG 18, 2026 | 210,696,363 | Not observed |
| AUG 17, 2026 | 204,079,354 | Not observed |
| AUG 16, 2026 | 198,855,805 | Not observed |
| AUG 15, 2026 | 202,124,663 | Not observed |
| AUG 14, 2026 | 206,217,241 | Not observed |
| AUG 13, 2026 | 214,052,157 | Not observed |
| AUG 12, 2026 | 212,705,303 | Not observed |
| AUG 11, 2026 | 211,066,747 | Not observed |
| AUG 10, 2026 | 201,666,477 | Not observed |
| AUG 9, 2026 | 195,849,247 | Not observed |
| AUG 8, 2026 | 198,941,237 | Not observed |
| AUG 7, 2026 | 202,601,860 | Not observed |
| AUG 6, 2026 | 201,811,539 | Not observed |
| AUG 5, 2026 | 202,160,200 | Not observed |
| AUG 4, 2026 | 199,889,531 | Not observed |
| AUG 3, 2026 | 193,258,164 | Not observed |
| AUG 2, 2026 | 187,255,649 | Not observed |
| AUG 1, 2026 | 189,188,157 | Not observed |
| JUL 31, 2026 | 192,739,154 | Not observed |
| JUL 30, 2026 | 191,857,296 | Not observed |
| JUL 29, 2026 | 190,229,469 | Not observed |
| JUL 28, 2026 | 188,453,646 | Not observed |
| JUL 27, 2026 | 182,463,604 | Not observed |
| JUL 26, 2026 | 176,849,744 | Not observed |
Facts from the registry
- Latest version
- v5.5.1
- 16 versions
- First published
- JAN 27, 2014
- Last release
- AUG 16, 2026
- 2mo ago
- Licence
- MIT
Repository
Not in the Crest catalog
sindresorhus/default-browser (GitHub, opens in a new tab)
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Dependencies latest version · v5.5.1
Runtime 2
- bundle-name
^4.1.0 - default-browser-id
^5.0.0
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