Observed arrival · 2026-11-06
humanloads tries to separate npm downloads from the automated noise
A free npm package lookup presents weekly download counts alongside an estimate of real installs, with mirror spikes and crawler traffic removed.
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- npm package maintainers checking download patterns
- Worth noticing
- The page says new versions often draw 100–150 automated downloads from mirrors and security scanners, whether or not users install them.
Field notes
The homepage offers a package search and links to popular packages and comparisons, with examples spanning frameworks, test runners, and build tools. It describes a 12-month chart and per-version breakdown alongside the estimate, and says the weekly figures cover the last seven days. Its stated method subtracts a flat robot-download floor from each version; the page explicitly says CI and dependency installs remain in the estimate.
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