date-fnsvsluxon

Winner: date-fns

date-fns is the safest overall pick in this comparison

date-fns55/100

luxon42/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: date-fns: 55/100, luxon: 42/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: date-fns: 0, luxon: 0.
Known vulnerabilities: date-fns: 0, luxon: 0.
OpenSSF scores: date-fns: 4.6/10, luxon: 3.7/10.

Caveats

The score favors date-fns, but ecosystem fit and API ergonomics can still outweigh the measured gap.

Package details

Risk signals

Measured metrics — each value links to its source.

Signal	date-fns	luxon
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	49 days ago	315 days ago
Open issues	658 open issues	161 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 56.52% of commits	top contributor makes 83.68% of commits
OpenSSF score	4.6/10	3.7/10
Vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities
Types	ships TypeScript types	ships TypeScript types

Weekly npm downloads

Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).

date-fnsluxon

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Week	date-fns	luxon
2026-07-13	48,352,365	18,320,480
2026-07-06	86,523,486	25,611,585
2026-06-29	87,777,785	31,400,432
2026-06-22	91,162,216	33,007,646
2026-06-15	91,628,205	33,373,656
2026-06-08	90,937,354	33,001,980
2026-06-01	74,275,759	25,757,470
2026-05-25	82,010,864	28,816,098
2026-05-18	86,471,916	30,932,229
2026-05-11	86,964,290	30,256,660
2026-05-04	83,309,062	29,126,392
2026-04-27	80,851,333	26,901,562
2026-04-20	83,526,750	27,165,617
2026-04-13	80,948,334	26,737,077
2026-04-06	66,406,203	25,393,326
2026-03-30	65,400,724	24,279,956
2026-03-23	68,057,468	25,554,812
2026-03-16	54,364,282	24,846,702
2026-03-09	54,053,344	24,794,033
2026-03-02	51,415,853	23,787,162
2026-02-23	49,615,084	23,285,271
2026-02-16	44,370,746	21,090,512
2026-02-09	45,101,755	21,096,462
2026-02-02	45,765,250	20,716,915
2026-01-26	43,465,780	20,009,904
2026-01-19	41,438,425	19,273,777
2026-01-12	39,730,005	18,956,628
2026-01-05	36,195,317	17,010,440
2025-12-29	19,781,051	9,226,323
2025-12-22	21,162,548	9,895,821
2025-12-15	36,882,226	17,840,624
2025-12-08	39,282,458	18,293,288
2025-12-01	39,790,228	18,541,964
2025-11-24	34,781,887	16,315,738
2025-11-17	36,955,377	17,756,315
2025-11-10	35,777,411	17,050,418
2025-11-03	35,829,563	17,025,043
2025-10-27	34,968,652	16,975,618
2025-10-20	35,948,447	13,412,694
2025-10-13	34,596,191	16,375,010
2025-10-06	34,290,995	16,566,897
2025-09-29	33,483,697	16,388,966
2025-09-22	33,187,154	16,154,889
2025-09-15	33,327,316	16,120,048
2025-09-08	33,353,079	16,283,931
2025-09-01	31,125,286	15,240,483
2025-08-25	32,525,472	15,349,785
2025-08-18	32,190,089	15,209,530
2025-08-11	30,479,519	14,697,655
2025-08-04	31,411,546	15,061,072
2025-07-28	34,415,414	15,211,281
2025-07-21	31,463,398	14,835,525
2025-07-14	31,105,320	14,582,351
2025-07-07	31,641,230	14,481,571
2025-06-30	30,591,240	13,662,128
2025-06-23	35,325,576	14,675,225
2025-06-16	35,042,892	14,639,739
2025-06-09	32,812,082	14,097,116
2025-06-02	31,940,934	14,107,864
2025-05-26	29,258,982	13,262,079
2025-05-19	32,146,414	13,894,904
2025-05-12	30,756,163	13,869,951
2025-05-05	30,011,266	13,133,262
2025-04-28	27,466,829	11,888,178
2025-04-21	28,910,910	12,364,169
2025-04-14	28,635,801	12,485,465
2025-04-07	30,671,833	12,979,541
2025-03-31	31,336,550	12,854,260
2025-03-24	27,201,323	12,797,582
2025-03-17	27,190,508	12,306,762
2025-03-10	27,197,541	12,301,768
2025-03-03	26,307,781	12,110,852
2025-02-24	26,647,019	12,375,996
2025-02-17	25,385,194	11,808,442
2025-02-10	26,626,434	12,003,873
2025-02-03	25,815,707	11,493,911
2025-01-27	24,432,673	10,973,792
2025-01-20	23,828,406	10,488,135
2025-01-13	23,948,610	10,543,752
2025-01-06	22,605,084	9,702,581
2024-12-30	12,348,342	5,558,286
2024-12-23	11,019,585	4,907,851
2024-12-16	23,528,771	10,004,291
2024-12-09	24,484,237	10,273,700
2024-12-02	24,805,697	10,364,272
2024-11-25	22,991,907	9,502,233
2024-11-18	25,977,834	10,513,923
2024-11-11	23,670,887	9,848,024
2024-11-04	23,738,497	9,894,250
2024-10-28	22,514,600	9,572,885
2024-10-21	23,362,038	9,880,945
2024-10-14	22,273,154	9,521,485
2024-10-07	22,828,374	9,759,067
2024-09-30	21,589,850	9,254,418
2024-09-23	22,242,052	9,464,731
2024-09-16	21,483,321	9,184,238
2024-09-09	21,727,961	9,173,405
2024-09-02	20,487,770	8,578,674
2024-08-26	20,886,967	8,704,605
2024-08-19	20,477,772	8,604,825
2024-08-12	19,118,289	8,192,493
2024-08-05	20,038,540	8,390,616
2024-07-29	20,274,975	8,120,475
2024-07-22	20,261,627	8,055,006
2024-07-15	20,401,174	7,847,652
2024-07-08	20,180,665	7,869,195
2024-07-01	18,661,781	7,542,375
2024-06-24	20,078,436	8,004,442
2024-06-17	19,530,688	7,896,634
2024-06-10	20,228,524	8,232,769
2024-06-03	20,236,061	8,216,616
2024-05-27	18,868,171	7,673,646
2024-05-20	19,075,188	7,755,139
2024-05-13	19,433,941	7,914,117
2024-05-06	18,075,936	7,288,196
2024-04-29	17,466,998	7,170,878
2024-04-22	19,166,787	7,864,985
2024-04-15	19,157,872	7,907,132
2024-04-08	18,501,929	7,725,679
2024-04-01	17,946,998	7,373,261
2024-03-25	16,909,733	6,829,001
2024-03-18	20,003,567	7,965,835
2024-03-11	20,419,971	7,943,275
2024-03-04	19,797,222	7,817,825
2024-02-26	20,170,674	7,931,751
2024-02-19	18,881,092	7,418,727
2024-02-12	18,208,832	7,154,936
2024-02-05	18,432,067	7,255,649
2024-01-29	18,879,090	7,314,732
2024-01-22	18,216,028	7,093,792
2024-01-15	17,423,473	6,830,057
2024-01-08	17,629,201	6,771,924
2024-01-01	13,731,127	4,959,896
2023-12-25	9,832,186	3,227,098
2023-12-18	16,973,702	5,986,798
2023-12-11	17,939,825	6,810,184
2023-12-04	17,255,909	6,856,927
2023-11-27	18,529,829	6,979,583
2023-11-20	16,929,806	6,278,980
2023-11-13	18,251,120	6,975,121
2023-11-06	18,533,269	6,776,535
2023-10-30	12,819,389	4,690,763
2023-10-23	18,525,929	6,715,780
2023-10-16	18,691,692	6,731,059
2023-10-09	17,516,802	6,220,877
2023-10-02	17,352,640	6,343,444
2023-09-25	17,769,908	6,500,098
2023-09-18	17,649,996	6,337,134
2023-09-11	17,492,353	6,404,579
2023-09-04	16,824,954	5,924,350
2023-08-28	17,080,703	6,121,086
2023-08-21	16,804,796	6,126,705
2023-08-14	15,888,515	5,767,296
2023-08-07	16,454,375	5,951,746
2023-07-31	16,583,346	5,934,857
2023-07-24	16,506,627	5,873,975
2023-07-17	16,716,038	5,932,090
2023-07-10	16,891,749	5,847,335
2023-07-03	15,337,192	5,241,259
2023-06-26	16,309,034	5,731,226
2023-06-19	16,076,587	5,561,999
2023-06-12	16,687,649	5,673,776
2023-06-05	16,148,396	5,418,433
2023-05-29	15,465,434	5,209,284
2023-05-22	16,051,191	5,421,203
2023-05-15	15,921,380	5,321,130
2023-05-08	15,891,901	5,316,307
2023-05-01	14,428,502	4,870,057
2023-04-24	15,825,434	5,482,071
2023-04-17	15,439,121	5,281,562
2023-04-10	14,738,808	5,006,332
2023-04-03	14,661,388	4,864,300
2023-03-27	16,411,689	5,466,617
2023-03-20	16,285,447	5,388,530
2023-03-13	16,349,543	5,350,197
2023-03-06	15,944,926	5,259,910
2023-02-27	16,275,126	5,311,335
2023-02-20	15,964,041	5,013,742
2023-02-13	16,233,116	5,322,716
2023-02-06	16,210,340	5,311,895
2023-01-30	16,120,450	5,286,342
2023-01-23	15,034,691	4,921,616
2023-01-16	14,777,807	4,798,193
2023-01-09	15,181,610	5,143,765
2023-01-02	12,064,388	3,967,834
2022-12-26	7,659,749	2,491,977
2022-12-19	12,780,894	4,055,125
2022-12-12	15,209,028	4,695,129
2022-12-05	15,442,661	4,601,564
2022-11-28	15,512,782	4,679,781
2022-11-21	13,767,956	4,096,650
2022-11-14	15,653,087	4,617,509
2022-11-07	15,238,712	4,456,880
2022-10-31	14,524,906	4,287,763
2022-10-24	14,853,524	4,410,620
2022-10-17	14,992,668	4,378,550
2022-10-10	14,531,635	4,214,464
2022-10-03	14,537,141	4,124,963
2022-09-26	14,945,689	4,356,633
2022-09-19	14,739,121	4,195,293
2022-09-12	15,337,645	4,253,855
2022-09-05	14,164,603	3,961,541
2022-08-29	14,771,585	4,090,614
2022-08-22	14,878,281	4,480,377
2022-08-15	13,998,713	4,322,318
2022-08-08	14,004,982	4,301,411
2022-08-01	14,149,924	4,253,208
2022-07-25	14,113,877	4,021,957
2022-07-18	11,689,559	3,363,114
2022-07-11	13,682,307	3,885,953
2022-07-04	12,847,871	3,636,739
2022-06-27	13,958,763	3,913,796
2022-06-20	13,691,523	3,645,112
2022-06-13	13,775,982	3,714,857
2022-06-06	13,877,542	3,756,593
2022-05-30	13,438,991	3,592,641
2022-05-23	13,557,234	3,382,050
2022-05-16	14,157,301	3,375,069
2022-05-09	13,760,572	3,282,069
2022-05-02	12,271,954	3,015,043
2022-04-25	13,696,956	2,981,683
2022-04-18	13,525,273	2,589,708
2022-04-11	13,912,674	2,568,688
2022-04-04	13,728,801	2,797,238
2022-03-28	13,744,743	2,797,062
2022-03-21	13,479,577	2,666,891
2022-03-14	13,256,488	2,583,953
2022-03-07	13,148,893	2,633,697
2022-02-28	12,925,027	2,574,172
2022-02-21	12,609,019	2,444,862
2022-02-14	13,578,702	2,662,719
2022-02-07	13,461,204	2,599,145
2022-01-31	12,831,767	2,478,109
2022-01-24	12,757,874	2,430,526
2022-01-17	12,300,903	2,312,345
2022-01-10	12,272,910	2,245,588
2022-01-03	10,003,307	1,818,175
2021-12-27	5,960,246	1,038,674
2021-12-20	8,784,623	1,580,774
2021-12-13	11,945,018	2,121,625
2021-12-06	12,131,115	2,112,063
2021-11-29	12,379,495	2,165,187
2021-11-22	10,821,884	1,887,241
2021-11-15	11,945,628	2,223,783
2021-11-08	11,563,584	2,120,316
2021-11-01	11,202,221	1,987,137
2021-10-25	11,650,796	2,066,501
2021-10-18	11,800,317	2,067,025
2021-10-11	11,430,603	1,973,480
2021-10-04	11,565,258	1,965,761
2021-09-27	11,422,652	1,958,991
2021-09-20	11,356,504	1,943,236
2021-09-13	11,279,369	1,891,436
2021-09-06	10,714,073	1,805,245
2021-08-30	11,158,028	1,835,715
2021-08-23	10,980,061	1,803,607
2021-08-16	10,798,580	1,736,643
2021-08-09	10,723,793	1,694,298
2021-08-02	10,609,705	1,679,887
2021-07-26	10,690,936	1,698,161
2021-07-19	10,263,468	1,628,343
2021-07-12	421,112	63,341