File Content: readme.md # latest-version [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/latest-version) > Get the latest version of an npm package Fetches the version directly from the registry instead of depending on the massive [npm](https://github.com/npm/npm/blob/8b5e7b6ae5b4cd2d7d62eaf93b1428638b387072/package.json#L37-L85) module like the [latest](https://github.com/bahamas10/node-latest) module does. ## Install ``` $ npm install --save latest-version ``` ## Usage ```js const latestVersion = require('latest-version'); latestVersion('ava').then(version => { console.log(version); //=> '0.18.0' }); latestVersion('@sindresorhus/df').then(version => { console.log(version); //=> '1.0.1' }); ``` ## Related - [latest-version-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/latest-version-cli) - CLI for this module - [package-json](https://github.com/sindresorhus/package-json) - Get the package.json of a package from the npm registry ## License MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com) Submit