Semver-diff analyzes two semantic version numbers (semver) and determines the type of change between them. It identifies the difference as either major, minor, patch, prerelease, or build. This is incredibly useful for automated versioning, release pipelines, and dependency management, allowing developers to predictably understand the significance of version updates without manually comparing strings. The package provides a straightforward API and enhances workflow by codifying semver comparison.
Semver-diff downloads show a general upward trend from March 2024 to June 2025, peaking at over 47 million. After a smaller decrease in August, data for September 2025 is incomplete, showing a significantly lower number than previous months.
The npm package semver-diff shows sporadic releases. Initial releases occurred in 2014 (0.1.0, 1.0.0, 2.0.0), followed by 2.1.0 in late 2015. There was a period of no releases until 2019 when versions 3.0.0, 3.1.0 and 3.1.1 were published. Version 4.0.0 was released in May 2021. There have been no releases since then, up to August 2025.
