Package status › is express still maintained?
Actively maintainedexpress still maintained?The maintainers published a release recently. Here's the registry evidence, and what it means if this package is in your stack.
| Verdict | Actively maintained |
|---|---|
| Last release on npm | 11 May 2026 (about 2 months ago) |
| Latest version | 5.2.1 |
| Weekly downloads | 109,028,685 |
| Deprecation flag (npm) | None |
| Maintainers listed | 5 |
| Total releases | 288 |
| Source repository | https://github.com/expressjs/express |
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.
expressAs of its last release on 11 May 2026, express is being actively maintained — the maintainers are still shipping. No action needed. Deprecation rarely announces itself, though, so if this is a load-bearing dependency it's worth having something watch for the day that changes.
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