size-limit is a tool to prevent JavaScript bloat. It calculates the real cost of your JS dependencies, including their added size. This helps maintain a clean and efficient codebase. It's an essential utility for web developers focused on performance and optimizing load times, particularly when building modern web applications. Use it to enforce size budgets in your CI and keep your bundles lean.
Size-limit's release frequency peaked in 2017, especially in July and August. There were many releases in 2019 and 2020. Releases became less frequent in 2022. The monthly number of releases has been quite uneven in the last years, with a few months with several releases followed by months with no releases at all. No releases have been made in the last months.
Size-limit npm package downloads show strong growth from March 2024 to July 2025, peaking at over 1.9 million. Downloads remained high through August 2025. September 2025 data is incomplete and shows significantly lower downloads, but it's still in progress.
