Package status › is async still maintained?
Going staleasync still maintained?Release activity has slowed — no publish in the last 18+ months. Here's the registry evidence, and what it means if this package is in your stack.
| Verdict | Going stale |
|---|---|
| Last release on npm | 19 August 2024 (about 2 years ago) |
| Latest version | 3.2.6 |
| Weekly downloads | 90,682,617 |
| Deprecation flag (npm) | None |
| Maintainers listed | 5 |
| Total releases | 93 |
| Source repository | https://github.com/caolan/async |
Source: npm registry and npm downloads API, read on 18 July 2026. We report only what the registry publishes — we don't infer repository activity.
asyncasync is still published and carries no deprecation flag, but its last release was 19 August 2024 — releases have clearly slowed. That's not a reason to rip it out today. It is a reason to keep half an eye on it: check whether open issues are getting answered, and know what you'd switch to if the gap keeps growing.
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