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read-pkg

Read a package.json file

9.0.1

167

MIT

JavaScript

35.99 kB

11,512,856,756 4.2

Installations

npm install read-pkg

Developer Guide

BETA

Typescript

Yes

Module System

ESM

Min. Node Version

>=18

Node Version

21.1.0

NPM Version

9.2.0 Score

98.5

Supply Chain

91.8

Quality

75.7

Maintenance

100

Vulnerability

99.6

License

Pull Requests

Open

0

Total

17

Closed

9

Merged

8

Issues

Open

0

Total

15

Closed

15

Releases

v9.0.1

Updated on Nov 16, 2023

v9.0.0

Updated on Nov 02, 2023

v8.1.0

Updated on Aug 22, 2023

v8.0.0

Updated on Apr 07, 2023

v7.1.0

Updated on Feb 08, 2022

v7.0.0

Updated on Aug 14, 2021

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Languages

JavaScript

TypeScript

JavaScript (70.58%)

TypeScript (29.42%)

Developer

sindresorhus

Download Statistics

Total Downloads

11,512,856,756

Last Day

2,533,357

Last Week

40,570,993

Last Month

176,880,899

Last Year

1,863,426,262

GitHub Statistics

MIT License

167 Stars

49 Commits

25 Forks

6 Watchers

1 Branches

9 Contributors

Updated on May 22, 2025

Bundle Size

100.50 kB

Minified

35.99 kB

Minified + Gzipped

Bundlephobia

Sponsor this package

https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus

Maintainers

View All 9 Contributors

Package Meta Information

Latest Version

9.0.1

Package Id

read-pkg@9.0.1

Unpacked Size

6.76 kB

Size

2.54 kB

File Count

NPM Version

9.2.0

Node Version

21.1.0

Published on

Nov 16, 2023

Total Downloads

Cumulative downloads

Total Downloads

11,512,856,756

Last Day

-12.8%

2,533,357

Compared to previous day

Last Week

-9%

40,570,993

Compared to previous week

Last Month

5.8%

176,880,899

Compared to previous month

Last Year

-0.8%

1,863,426,262

Compared to previous year

Weekly Downloads

Monthly Downloads

Yearly Downloads

Dependencies

@types/normalize-package-data normalize-package-data parse-json type-fest unicorn-magic

Dev Dependencies

ava tsd xo

read-pkg

Read a package.json file

Why

Install

1npm install read-pkg

Usage

1import {readPackage} from 'read-pkg';
2
3console.log(await readPackage());
4//=> {name: 'read-pkg', …}
5
6console.log(await readPackage({cwd: 'some-other-directory'}));
7//=> {name: 'unicorn', …}

API

readPackage(options?)

Returns a Promise<object> with the parsed JSON.

readPackageSync(options?)

Returns the parsed JSON.

options

Type: object

cwd

Type: URL | string
Default: process.cwd()

Current working directory.

normalize

Type: boolean
Default: true

Normalize the package data.

parsePackage(packageFile, options?)

Parses an object or string into JSON.

packageFile

Type: object | string

An object or a stringified object to be parsed as a package.json.

options

Type: object

normalize

Type: boolean
Default: true

Normalize the package data.

read-package-up - Read the closest package.json file
write-package - Write a package.json file
load-json-file - Read and parse a JSON file

Branch-Protection

Determines if the default and release branches are protected with GitHub's branch protection settings.

0

SAST

Determines if the project uses static code analysis.

Score

4.2

/10

Last Scanned on 2025-05-26

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Installations

Developer Guide

Yes

ESM

>=18

21.1.0

9.2.0

Score

Pull Requests

0

17

9

8

Issues

0

15

15

Releases

Languages

Developer

sindresorhus

Download Statistics

GitHub Statistics

Bundle Size

100.50 kB

35.99 kB

Sponsor this package

Maintainers

Package Meta Information

Total Downloads

11,512,856,756

Weekly Downloads

Monthly Downloads

Yearly Downloads

Dependencies

Dev Dependencies

read-pkg

Why

Install

Usage

API

readPackage(options?)

readPackageSync(options?)

options

cwd

normalize

parsePackage(packageFile, options?)

packageFile

options

normalize

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