node-fetchvsofetch

Winner: ofetch

ofetch is the safest overall pick in this comparison

node-fetch33/100

ofetch52/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: ofetch: 52/100, node-fetch: 33/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: ofetch: 0, node-fetch: 0.
GitHub activity: ofetch: 2 commits, node-fetch: 0 commits.
Known vulnerabilities: ofetch: 0, node-fetch: 0.
OpenSSF scores: ofetch: -/10, node-fetch: 4.9/10.

Caveats

The score favors ofetch, 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	node-fetch	ofetch
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	1145 days ago	315 days ago
Open issues	190 open issues	51 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 31.55% of commits	top contributor makes 54.81% of commits
Commit activity	0 commits in the last 90 days	2 commits in the last 90 days
Pull request activity	8 PRs opened in the last 90 days	20 PRs opened in the last 90 days
OpenSSF score	4.9/10	not scored
Vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities
Types

Weekly npm downloads

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

node-fetchofetch

View as table

Week	node-fetch	ofetch
2026-08-31	172,888,825	5,460,345
2026-08-24	194,552,384	13,811,727
2026-08-17	186,417,471	0
2026-08-10	124,514,012	0
2026-08-03	179,647,895	0
2026-07-27	179,128,056	13,476,318
2026-07-20	174,575,480	23,086,390
2026-07-13	169,615,855	25,429,176
2026-07-06	121,969,886	19,020,515
2026-06-29	149,728,776	23,550,959
2026-06-22	155,969,011	23,537,633
2026-06-15	160,071,512	22,016,018
2026-06-08	155,419,240	20,805,676
2026-06-01	122,514,630	12,560,300
2026-05-25	141,594,834	12,549,175
2026-05-18	149,850,713	9,168,625
2026-05-11	146,440,715	8,326,994
2026-05-04	138,743,138	7,688,425
2026-04-27	134,729,055	7,229,340
2026-04-20	132,349,307	6,830,498
2026-04-13	130,434,951	6,443,513
2026-04-06	125,830,812	5,994,054
2026-03-30	126,984,137	5,795,783
2026-03-23	131,313,227	5,927,956
2026-03-16	126,654,573	5,852,070
2026-03-09	128,502,686	5,620,006
2026-03-02	123,493,782	5,164,630
2026-02-23	117,521,126	4,924,175
2026-02-16	103,478,696	4,378,890
2026-02-09	103,631,027	4,355,709
2026-02-02	101,783,933	3,962,456
2026-01-26	97,966,517	3,787,407
2026-01-19	91,974,219	3,722,387
2026-01-12	89,441,915	3,553,976
2026-01-05	82,323,175	3,062,708
2025-12-29	47,965,845	1,932,339
2025-12-22	50,568,242	2,065,960
2025-12-15	84,280,576	3,202,708
2025-12-08	88,254,264	3,325,358
2025-12-01	90,281,067	3,437,848
2025-11-24	82,149,389	3,019,555
2025-11-17	84,961,968	3,056,180
2025-11-10	80,885,623	3,015,871
2025-11-03	80,874,954	3,054,536
2025-10-27	78,714,001	2,959,918
2025-10-20	81,480,523	2,313,245
2025-10-13	78,852,325	2,767,236
2025-10-06	79,601,564	2,792,396
2025-09-29	77,966,109	2,708,743
2025-09-22	77,314,247	2,646,745
2025-09-15	77,239,814	2,536,247
2025-09-08	76,955,897	2,570,284
2025-09-01	72,472,613	2,463,476
2025-08-25	75,647,168	2,463,876
2025-08-18	72,224,918	2,259,107
2025-08-11	68,387,672	2,157,466
2025-08-04	70,285,291	2,227,957
2025-07-28	74,880,205	2,273,567
2025-07-21	70,090,603	2,255,231
2025-07-14	72,461,719	2,162,333
2025-07-07	74,927,203	2,027,076
2025-06-30	71,865,231	1,638,843
2025-06-23	80,796,812	2,122,575
2025-06-16	81,067,161	2,139,659
2025-06-09	71,645,854	1,988,781
2025-06-02	70,629,828	2,037,711
2025-05-26	63,978,450	1,900,820
2025-05-19	68,207,008	1,972,561
2025-05-12	66,195,258	1,906,580
2025-05-05	63,696,122	1,841,374
2025-04-28	59,391,778	1,754,161
2025-04-21	61,217,488	1,805,126
2025-04-14	60,187,777	1,790,244
2025-04-07	63,280,884	1,791,426
2025-03-31	63,232,164	1,802,029
2025-03-24	62,907,226	1,762,805
2025-03-17	62,345,116	1,703,260
2025-03-10	62,138,093	1,676,744
2025-03-03	60,944,723	1,665,318
2025-02-24	61,758,024	1,633,038
2025-02-17	59,729,663	1,592,881
2025-02-10	61,318,933	1,606,854
2025-02-03	61,257,481	1,527,779
2025-01-27	57,738,531	1,433,306
2025-01-20	55,967,725	1,456,672
2025-01-13	56,595,405	1,403,898
2025-01-06	53,925,994	1,300,410
2024-12-30	32,331,221	781,385
2024-12-23	29,302,700	767,314
2024-12-16	55,305,174	1,291,681
2024-12-09	57,315,672	1,289,144
2024-12-02	57,578,488	1,297,551
2024-11-25	55,294,648	1,249,864
2024-11-18	62,408,903	1,266,098
2024-11-11	57,725,154	1,190,153
2024-11-04	57,677,824	1,233,057
2024-10-28	54,289,737	1,217,605
2024-10-21	57,366,677	1,271,214
2024-10-14	55,074,329	1,212,039
2024-10-07	56,138,956	1,192,898
2024-09-30	52,786,082	1,119,703
2024-09-23	54,943,314	1,161,115
2024-09-16	53,381,462	1,079,408
2024-09-09	54,810,715	1,123,997
2024-09-02	51,955,379	1,079,654
2024-08-26	53,383,938	1,065,566
2024-08-19	52,493,436	1,017,109
2024-08-12	49,859,103	950,016
2024-08-05	52,133,285	1,004,648
2024-07-29	52,601,229	983,444
2024-07-22	52,453,553	971,896
2024-07-15	53,736,086	967,888
2024-07-08	53,519,156	979,615
2024-07-01	49,501,752	947,548
2024-06-24	52,277,200	957,761
2024-06-17	51,637,629	993,107
2024-06-10	53,010,840	986,679
2024-06-03	53,481,920	980,649
2024-05-27	50,094,689	935,906
2024-05-20	51,101,543	927,761
2024-05-13	52,762,393	934,882
2024-05-06	49,693,743	859,088
2024-04-29	48,320,724	819,329
2024-04-22	52,709,204	927,556
2024-04-15	53,176,341	909,542
2024-04-08	52,805,944	890,208
2024-04-01	51,115,247	886,067
2024-03-25	46,902,869	806,202
2024-03-18	54,556,452	858,903
2024-03-11	55,537,389	821,274
2024-03-04	55,152,505	808,709
2024-02-26	54,521,326	804,870
2024-02-19	51,703,193	778,355
2024-02-12	50,144,362	739,194
2024-02-05	51,469,542	767,932
2024-01-29	52,352,664	820,852
2024-01-22	50,618,995	742,059
2024-01-15	49,254,954	710,374
2024-01-08	48,698,836	681,366
2024-01-01	37,049,594	515,955
2023-12-25	25,945,196	392,894
2023-12-18	44,848,112	597,667
2023-12-11	50,163,672	595,436
2023-12-04	50,368,646	614,691
2023-11-27	52,188,297	585,710
2023-11-20	47,562,307	537,009
2023-11-13	51,413,861	548,305
2023-11-06	51,908,276	482,074
2023-10-30	36,138,002	308,263
2023-10-23	51,355,737	430,805
2023-10-16	51,987,494	434,185
2023-10-09	48,925,958	395,230
2023-10-02	48,685,701	400,229
2023-09-25	50,659,663	400,080
2023-09-18	50,190,262	396,561
2023-09-11	50,253,989	387,168
2023-09-04	47,251,131	377,917
2023-08-28	49,157,925	390,565
2023-08-21	50,478,903	368,583
2023-08-14	46,370,780	321,086
2023-08-07	47,563,336	319,188
2023-07-31	47,443,850	324,581
2023-07-24	46,944,395	315,785
2023-07-17	47,146,525	316,862
2023-07-10	48,683,721	317,584
2023-07-03	43,490,937	322,766
2023-06-26	45,427,876	325,768
2023-06-19	44,722,790	316,192
2023-06-12	46,701,347	299,235
2023-06-05	45,508,861	282,266
2023-05-29	42,794,266	258,379
2023-05-22	44,243,906	264,747
2023-05-15	44,893,495	259,287
2023-05-08	45,390,898	250,960
2023-05-01	41,740,883	233,490
2023-04-24	45,700,130	251,972
2023-04-17	45,422,990	259,329
2023-04-10	43,285,499	240,647
2023-04-03	41,891,594	227,269
2023-03-27	45,861,109	253,761
2023-03-20	44,949,584	253,046
2023-03-13	44,876,003	248,374
2023-03-06	43,696,415	222,170
2023-02-27	43,792,935	219,805
2023-02-20	43,101,027	221,431
2023-02-13	43,947,632	192,602
2023-02-06	46,589,204	189,255
2023-01-30	45,759,655	179,336
2023-01-23	41,760,322	167,606
2023-01-16	40,485,396	143,319
2023-01-09	39,833,125	139,819
2023-01-02	31,902,758	97,642
2022-12-26	21,684,150	62,729
2022-12-19	33,249,006	78,834
2022-12-12	38,836,460	83,644
2022-12-05	39,351,053	80,041
2022-11-28	39,608,385	78,039
2022-11-21	35,580,684	76,726
2022-11-14	40,585,618	48,230
2022-11-07	38,715,837	3
2022-10-31	37,233,271	2
2022-10-24	38,049,536	6
2022-10-17	38,290,485	0
2022-10-10	36,663,061	1
2022-10-03	36,146,786	6
2022-09-26	37,644,043	3
2022-09-19	36,278,481	4
2022-09-12	37,357,987	0
2022-09-05	34,919,806	6
2022-08-29	35,980,105	0
2022-08-22	36,165,110	2
2022-08-15	34,714,514	1
2022-08-08	34,961,183	16
2022-08-01	35,276,463	3
2022-07-25	35,400,207	0
2022-07-18	29,860,354	2
2022-07-11	34,451,125	2
2022-07-04	32,524,795	3
2022-06-27	35,091,075	0
2022-06-20	35,079,782	1
2022-06-13	33,969,618	2
2022-06-06	33,357,942	2
2022-05-30	32,273,368	6
2022-05-23	32,189,090	1
2022-05-16	33,412,771	0
2022-05-09	32,666,703	11
2022-05-02	29,907,954	87
2022-04-25	33,559,193	0
2022-04-18	31,187,429	0
2022-04-11	31,540,305	0
2022-04-04	35,391,283	0
2022-03-28	38,064,051	0
2022-03-21	37,291,142	0
2022-03-14	37,071,526	0
2022-03-07	36,897,270	0
2022-02-28	36,587,890	0
2022-02-21	35,880,379	0
2022-02-14	38,029,831	0
2022-02-07	38,020,860	0
2022-01-31	36,899,301	0
2022-01-24	36,214,256	0
2022-01-17	36,553,722	0
2022-01-10	35,229,014	0
2022-01-03	28,721,488	0
2021-12-27	19,295,668	0
2021-12-20	25,400,001	0
2021-12-13	32,099,949	0
2021-12-06	29,415,986	0
2021-11-29	29,091,465	0
2021-11-22	25,804,953	0
2021-11-15	28,308,666	0
2021-11-08	28,446,451	0
2021-11-01	28,459,585	0
2021-10-25	29,365,284	0
2021-10-18	28,613,200	0
2021-10-11	27,416,692	0
2021-10-04	27,138,794	0
2021-09-27	25,983,767	0
2021-09-20	25,245,815	0
2021-09-13	24,464,214	0

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