luxonvsdate-fns

Winner: date-fns

date-fns is the safest overall pick in this comparison

luxon42/100

date-fns55/100

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	luxon	date-fns
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	315 days ago	49 days ago
Open issues	161 open issues	658 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 83.68% of commits	top contributor makes 56.52% of commits
OpenSSF score	3.7/10	4.6/10
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).

luxondate-fns

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