@types/serve-static downloads show strong growth from March 2024 to August 2025, peaking in July 2025 at ~126 million. September 2025 data is incomplete but indicates a significant drop, likely due to the month not being finished yet. Overall, usage of this package has been consistently high.
This package contains Typescript definitions for the "serve-static" npm package. Serve-static is a popular middleware for Node.js Express framework that provides static file serving capabilities. These definitions allow developers using Typescript to leverage static file serving in their applications with proper type checking and autocompletion within their IDEs. The definitions include interfaces for request and response objects, ensuring integration with the Express framework and other middleware. Developers can easily define static file locations and configure caching policies with full type safety.
The npm package @types/serve-static has had sporadic releases since July 2016. Releases were most frequent in 2016 and 2020. From 2021 to 2023, releases became less frequent, with only a few months having updates. In 2024, only April saw releases. As of September 2025, the latest release was in June 2025, with no releases in July or August.