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tar last released 7.5.22 on 2026-07-24. Its latest version requires Node.js >=18.
Facts
- Latest release
- 7.5.22, (3 months ago)
- First published
- (14 years ago)
- Releases in the last 12 months
- 24
- Median days between releases
- 4
- Median days between major versions
- 767
- Monthly downloads
- 324,698,566
- License
- BlueOak-1.0.0
- Repository
- github.com/isaacs/node-tar
- Homepage
- github.com/isaacs/node-tar
- Source
- registry.npmjs.org (checked 2026-10-19)
Major versions
8 major versions have been published.
| Major | First version | First released | Latest version | Latest released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 7.0.0 | 2024-04-10 | 7.5.22 | 2026-07-24 |
| 6 | 6.0.0 | 2020-01-28 | 6.2.1 | 2024-03-21 |
| 5 | 5.0.0 | 2019-09-25 | 5.0.11 | 2021-08-19 |
| 4 | 4.0.0 | 2017-08-18 | 4.4.19 | 2021-08-19 |
| 3 | 3.0.0 | 2017-05-10 | 3.2.3 | 2021-07-26 |
| 2 | 2.0.0 | 2015-03-27 | 2.2.2 | 2019-05-15 |
| 1 | 1.0.0 | 2014-07-31 | 1.0.3 | 2014-11-28 |
| 0 | 0.0.1 | 2011-11-20 | 0.1.20 | 2014-06-24 |
Runtime requirements
The latest version of tar declares these runtime constraints.
| Runtime | Constraint | Minimum version | Since version | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Node.js | >=18 | 18.0.0 | 7.0.0 | 2024-04-10 |
Supported runtimes
The latest version of tar runs on 9 tracked runtime releases.
| Runtime | Cycle | Released | End of life | LTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Node.js | 26 | 2026-05-05 | 2029-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 25 | 2025-10-15 | 2026-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 24 | 2025-05-06 | 2028-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 23 | 2024-10-16 | 2025-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 22 | 2024-04-24 | 2027-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 21 | 2023-10-17 | 2024-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 20 | 2023-04-18 | 2026-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 19 | 2022-10-18 | 2023-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 18 | 2022-04-19 | 2025-04-30 | yes |
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