npm/node-semver

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The semver parser for node (the one npm uses)

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Dominant language: JavaScript
License: ISC
Last GitHub push: Jun 19, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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Suggestion: optional comment-only second opinion on Dependabot PRs Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

npm/node-semver#900 · Opened Sep 7, 2026
New issueNpmNdSrv Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 1/100

npm/node-semver#891 · Opened Jul 27, 2026
[REQUEST] Consider provenance-backed patch releases for legacy v5/v6 lines Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

npm/node-semver#886 · 14 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 6, 2026
Why does `>1.2` throw as an invalid comparator? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

npm/node-semver#802 · 19 comments · Opened Aug 27, 2025
[BUG] Test case in fixture for inclusion includes case that is outside of the range Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

npm/node-semver#799 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 15, 2025
[BUG] inc premajor, preminor, and prepatch do the wrong thing if the version is already a pre-release. Open

Bug Needs Discussion Needs Triage

npm/node-semver#751 · 37 comments · 6 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 11, 2024
[ENHANCEMENT] Allow * prerelease versions for * version ranges. Open

Bug Needs Triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

npm/node-semver#736 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 6, 2024
[BUG] wrong results on semver.npmjs.com Open

Bug Priority 2

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

npm/node-semver#729 · 5 comments · Opened Jul 12, 2024
[QUESTION] Very confusing behavior for pre-release range matching Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

npm/node-semver#721 · 6 comments · Opened Jun 17, 2024
[ENHANCEMENT] Publish package as standard JS modules Open

Bug Needs Triage

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

npm/node-semver#712 · 13 comments · 19 reactions · Opened May 8, 2024
[BUG] `subset('>=17.2.0', '^17.2.0 || >17')` should be `true` Open

Bug Priority 2

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

npm/node-semver#703 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 24, 2024
[BUG] limit version prefix to optional `v` Open

Bug semver:major

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

npm/node-semver#691 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 20, 2024
[ENHANCEMENT] minimum versions or minimum version in relation to Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

npm/node-semver#649 · 12 comments · Opened Nov 4, 2023
Satisfying functions don't provide an option to also compare build meta Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

npm/node-semver#610 · 3 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 20, 2023
Suggest refactoring "prerelease" into its own class Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

npm/node-semver#578 · Opened Jun 27, 2023
[TRACKING] `semver@8` Open

semver:major

npm/node-semver#501 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 31, 2022
[ENHANCEMENT] rewrite cli Open

semver:major

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

npm/node-semver#499 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 27, 2022
[ENHANCEMENT] remove individual file requires as part of API contract Open

semver:major

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

npm/node-semver#498 · 13 comments · Opened Oct 27, 2022
[BUG] semver.lt returns wrong value for pre-release version comparison Open

Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

npm/node-semver#483 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 22, 2022
[QUESTION/FEATURE] Usage of commas inside constraints. Open

spec

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

npm/node-semver#468 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 11, 2022
[BUG] SemVer.compare causes spurious allocations of SemVer objects Open

Bug semver:major

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

npm/node-semver#458 · 3 comments · Opened May 10, 2022
[FEATURE] Allow satisfies to throw errors Open

Enhancement semver:major

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

npm/node-semver#418 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 11, 2022
[BUG]semver.Range returns pre-release version even when includePrerelease is set to false Open

Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

npm/node-semver#396 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 17, 2021
[BUG] range.bnf incomplete regarding whitespace and "spermies" Open

Bug

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

npm/node-semver#392 · 6 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jul 4, 2021
[BUG] should throw error when invalid range with loose is true Open

Bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

npm/node-semver#387 · Opened Jun 25, 2021
[BUG] the package isn't compatible with Rollup due to require cycle Open

Bug semver:major

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

npm/node-semver#381 · 7 comments · 12 reactions · Opened May 10, 2021
[ENHANCEMENT] add ability to clone a semver instance Open

semver:major

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

npm/node-semver#378 · 11 comments · Opened Mar 27, 2021
[BUG] dangerous check if semver is a valid semver in constructor Open

Bug semver:major

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

npm/node-semver#354 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 1, 2020
[FEATURE] Function to 'coerce' an identifier Open

Enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

npm/node-semver#352 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 11, 2020
[FEATURE] Function to check for validity of a prerelease identifier Open

Enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

npm/node-semver#350 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 11, 2020
[QUESTION] `semver.intersects('>=16.0.0 <17.0.0', '^17.0.0-0', { includePrereleases: true })` should be `false` Open

Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

npm/node-semver#345 · 8 comments · Opened Oct 17, 2020
[QUESTION] Major version 0 and the spec Open

Needs Documentation spec

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

npm/node-semver#344 · 13 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Oct 7, 2020
[FEATURE] add methods to update a range, including operator Open

Enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

npm/node-semver#314 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 30, 2020
[BUG?] possible issues in internal/re.js Open

Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

npm/node-semver#307 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 31, 2019
[QUESTION] Incorrect loose parsing of version? Open

Enhancement

npm/node-semver#164 · 11 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 3, 2016
[FEATURE] Way to find out if a version is a pre-release version through semver CLI Open

cli Enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

npm/node-semver#153 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 24, 2016
[FEATURE] Allow piping into semver to read version Open

cli Enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

npm/node-semver#149 · 7 comments · Opened Jan 12, 2016
CLI accepts invalid increment specifiers with -i/--increment and treats them as 'patch' Open

semver:major

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

npm/node-semver#108 · 6 comments · Opened Oct 23, 2014
[FEATURE] decrement/truncate Open

Enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

npm/node-semver#48 · 11 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Sep 5, 2013

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