The common-tags npm package saw frequent releases in 2016, peaking in May with 7 versions. Release activity decreased significantly after 2018. There were only a couple of releases in November 2021, and no releases since then as of September 2025. The current release frequency appears to be zero.
common-tags offers a suite of template literal tag functions useful for common coding tasks. It simplifies multiline string formatting, indentation correction, and string trimming. Functions like stripIndent, stripIndents, and dedent automatically remove unwanted indentation. Other tags handle string collapsing, HTML escaping, and simple conditionals within template literals, ultimately improving readability and maintainability of your JavaScript code. It's a handy utility belt for anyone regularly working with template literals in Node.js or browser environments.
Common-tags npm package downloads show a generally upward trend from March 2024 to August 2025, peaking in July 2025. March 2024 downloads started at 33.7 million and increased to 69.1 million in July 2025. September 2025 downloads are incomplete and significantly lower, at 25.1 million.
