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tar-stream

npm · v3.2.2 · MIT

tar-stream is a streaming tar parser and generator and nothing else. It operates purely using streams which means you can easily extract/parse tarballs without ever hitting the file system.

Not filed under any category yet: no assignment reached confidence 0.5.

Install

npm install tar-stream

Adoption

Downloads (30 days)
407.8M
Observeddownloads / 30 days
Popularity
Top 10% on npm
Derived98th percentile within npm
Dependents
1.3K
Observedpackages that depend on it
Maintenance
0.83
DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
Releases per year
5.3
68 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
+1.8% · 30d
Derived+7.3M downloads / 30 days, SEP 24 → OCT 24
90 days
+16.4% · 90d
Derived+57.4M downloads / 30 days, JUL 26 → OCT 24
1 year
+136.8% · 1y
Derived+235.6M downloads / 30 days, NOV 3 → OCT 24

Adoption historydownloads / 30 days · 111 observations

NOV 3, 2025: 172,163,151 downloads / 30 daysNOV 10, 2025: 174,959,497 downloads / 30 daysNOV 17, 2025: 176,181,263 downloads / 30 daysNOV 24, 2025: 177,522,250 downloads / 30 daysDEC 1, 2025: 177,705,117 downloads / 30 daysDEC 8, 2025: 182,127,620 downloads / 30 daysDEC 15, 2025: 185,480,507 downloads / 30 daysDEC 22, 2025: 184,146,582 downloads / 30 daysDEC 29, 2025: 167,237,989 downloads / 30 daysJAN 5, 2026: 147,799,838 downloads / 30 daysJAN 12, 2026: 146,012,714 downloads / 30 daysJAN 19, 2026: 148,579,698 downloads / 30 daysJAN 26, 2026: 171,364,533 downloads / 30 daysFEB 2, 2026: 197,945,642 downloads / 30 daysFEB 9, 2026: 207,441,955 downloads / 30 daysFEB 16, 2026: 212,774,531 downloads / 30 daysFEB 23, 2026: 219,731,670 downloads / 30 daysMAR 2, 2026: 229,952,431 downloads / 30 daysMAR 9, 2026: 242,450,255 downloads / 30 daysMAR 16, 2026: 254,452,584 downloads / 30 daysMAR 23, 2026: 264,245,363 downloads / 30 daysMAR 30, 2026: 269,563,042 downloads / 30 daysAPR 6, 2026: 265,288,059 downloads / 30 daysAPR 13, 2026: 266,703,230 downloads / 30 daysAPR 20, 2026: 272,413,398 downloads / 30 daysAPR 27, 2026: 277,917,322 downloads / 30 daysMAY 4, 2026: 284,963,502 downloads / 30 daysMAY 11, 2026: 296,505,605 downloads / 30 daysMAY 18, 2026: 306,521,754 downloads / 30 daysMAY 25, 2026: 313,692,546 downloads / 30 daysJUN 1, 2026: 323,119,325 downloads / 30 daysJUN 8, 2026: 329,484,194 downloads / 30 daysJUN 15, 2026: 320,441,545 downloads / 30 daysJUN 22, 2026: 325,912,817 downloads / 30 daysJUN 29, 2026: 317,068,359 downloads / 30 daysJUL 6, 2026: 316,459,108 downloads / 30 daysJUL 13, 2026: 330,048,070 downloads / 30 daysJUL 20, 2026: 335,432,695 downloads / 30 daysJUL 26, 2026: 350,312,899 downloads / 30 daysJUL 27, 2026: 360,668,774 downloads / 30 daysJUL 28, 2026: 371,342,337 downloads / 30 daysJUL 29, 2026: 373,844,554 downloads / 30 daysJUL 30, 2026: 376,004,469 downloads / 30 daysJUL 31, 2026: 376,273,759 downloads / 30 daysAUG 1, 2026: 369,105,829 downloads / 30 daysAUG 2, 2026: 365,231,229 downloads / 30 daysAUG 3, 2026: 375,963,412 downloads / 30 daysAUG 4, 2026: 387,757,022 downloads / 30 daysAUG 5, 2026: 390,959,706 downloads / 30 daysAUG 6, 2026: 389,634,306 downloads / 30 daysAUG 7, 2026: 390,010,566 downloads / 30 daysAUG 8, 2026: 382,456,140 downloads / 30 daysAUG 9, 2026: 376,213,512 downloads / 30 daysAUG 10, 2026: 386,234,506 downloads / 30 daysAUG 11, 2026: 403,273,497 downloads / 30 daysAUG 12, 2026: 405,240,694 downloads / 30 daysAUG 13, 2026: 406,748,571 downloads / 30 daysAUG 14, 2026: 391,426,431 downloads / 30 daysAUG 15, 2026: 383,258,272 downloads / 30 daysAUG 16, 2026: 376,677,317 downloads / 30 daysAUG 17, 2026: 384,933,608 downloads / 30 daysAUG 18, 2026: 396,016,379 downloads / 30 daysAUG 19, 2026: 398,559,750 downloads / 30 daysAUG 20, 2026: 399,260,714 downloads / 30 daysAUG 21, 2026: 397,989,390 downloads / 30 daysAUG 22, 2026: 389,263,717 downloads / 30 daysAUG 23, 2026: 382,383,689 downloads / 30 daysAUG 24, 2026: 392,420,012 downloads / 30 daysAUG 25, 2026: 403,605,895 downloads / 30 daysAUG 26, 2026: 405,487,962 downloads / 30 daysAUG 27, 2026: 406,537,238 downloads / 30 daysAUG 28, 2026: 405,745,475 downloads / 30 daysAUG 29, 2026: 396,634,933 downloads / 30 daysAUG 30, 2026: 389,896,880 downloads / 30 daysAUG 31, 2026: 399,368,147 downloads / 30 daysSEP 1, 2026: 411,017,625 downloads / 30 daysSEP 2, 2026: 414,474,035 downloads / 30 daysSEP 3, 2026: 397,153,642 downloads / 30 daysSEP 4, 2026: 396,951,639 downloads / 30 daysSEP 5, 2026: 391,607,333 downloads / 30 daysSEP 6, 2026: 384,491,950 downloads / 30 daysSEP 7, 2026: 377,266,032 downloads / 30 daysSEP 8, 2026: 369,873,980 downloads / 30 daysSEP 9, 2026: 373,162,490 downloads / 30 daysSEP 10, 2026: 375,488,910 downloads / 30 daysSEP 11, 2026: 375,581,714 downloads / 30 daysSEP 12, 2026: 366,657,015 downloads / 30 daysSEP 13, 2026: 374,896,697 downloads / 30 daysSEP 14, 2026: 386,617,027 downloads / 30 daysSEP 15, 2026: 379,300,664 downloads / 30 daysSEP 16, 2026: 383,641,185 downloads / 30 daysSEP 17, 2026: 385,098,643 downloads / 30 daysSEP 18, 2026: 385,191,893 downloads / 30 daysSEP 19, 2026: 376,576,085 downloads / 30 daysSEP 20, 2026: 369,897,106 downloads / 30 daysSEP 21, 2026: 381,110,201 downloads / 30 daysSEP 22, 2026: 393,723,124 downloads / 30 daysSEP 23, 2026: 397,702,600 downloads / 30 daysSEP 24, 2026: 400,430,526 downloads / 30 daysSEP 25, 2026: 401,376,902 downloads / 30 daysSEP 26, 2026: 393,035,107 downloads / 30 daysSEP 27, 2026: 387,113,824 downloads / 30 daysSEP 28, 2026: 401,117,600 downloads / 30 daysSEP 29, 2026: 415,837,645 downloads / 30 daysSEP 30, 2026: 421,532,739 downloads / 30 daysOCT 1, 2026: 425,349,636 downloads / 30 daysOCT 2, 2026: 425,138,471 downloads / 30 daysOCT 3, 2026: 435,261,830 downloads / 30 daysOCT 4, 2026: 428,423,657 downloads / 30 daysOCT 5, 2026: 428,423,657 downloads / 30 daysOCT 24, 2026: 407,752,368 downloads / 30 days
Table of observations (112)
Daydownloads / 30 daysDependents
OCT 24, 2026407,752,3681,254
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AUG 31, 2026399,368,147Not observed
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AUG 13, 2026406,748,571Not observed
AUG 12, 2026405,240,694Not observed
AUG 11, 2026403,273,497Not observed
AUG 10, 2026386,234,506Not observed
AUG 9, 2026376,213,512Not observed
AUG 8, 2026382,456,140Not observed
AUG 7, 2026390,010,566Not observed
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AUG 5, 2026390,959,706Not observed
AUG 4, 2026387,757,022Not observed
AUG 3, 2026375,963,412Not observed
AUG 2, 2026365,231,229Not observed
AUG 1, 2026369,105,829Not observed
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MAR 30, 2026269,563,042Not observed
MAR 23, 2026264,245,363Not observed
MAR 16, 2026254,452,584Not observed
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MAR 2, 2026229,952,431Not observed
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JAN 26, 2026171,364,533Not observed
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DEC 29, 2025167,237,989Not observed
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DEC 8, 2025182,127,620Not observed
DEC 1, 2025177,705,117Not observed
NOV 24, 2025177,522,250Not observed
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NOV 10, 2025174,959,497Not observed
NOV 3, 2025172,163,151Not observed
OCT 27, 2025Not observedNot observed

Facts from the registry

Latest version
v3.2.2
68 versions
First published
DEC 20, 2013
Last release
OCT 2, 2026
22d ago
Licence
MIT
Links
npm page
Homepage · github.com

Repository

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mafintosh/tar-stream

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Dependencies latest version · v3.2.2

Runtime 4

  • b4a^1.9.0
  • bare-fs^4.8.2
  • fast-fifo^1.3.2
  • streamx^2.28.1

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