# @ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid

> Ledger Hardware Wallet Node implementation of the communication layer, using node-hid

Latest version **6.33.5** (published 2026-06-30) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid
pnpm add @ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid
yarn add @ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid
bun add @ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid
```

## Health

**Score 70/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.33.5 |
| Published | 2026-06-30 |
| First published | 2018-01-11 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 8 |
| Unpacked size | 93.9 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 617 |
| Maintainers | phenry-ledger, sergii-shkolin, gbrahm-ledger, thomas.coudray, ldg-github-ci, vbouzon, ledger-releaser |
| Keywords | Ledger, LedgerWallet, hid, node-hid, NanoS, Blue, Hardware Wallet |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid
- Repository: https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live
- Homepage: https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live/tree/develop/libs/ledgerjs/packages/hw-transport-node-hid
- Issues: https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid

## Dependencies (8)

- [usb](https://npm.io/package/usb.md) 2.9.0
- [lodash](https://npm.io/package/lodash.md) ^4.17.21
- [node-hid](https://npm.io/package/node-hid.md) 2.1.2
- [@ledgerhq/logs](https://npm.io/package/@ledgerhq/logs.md) ^6.17.0
- [@ledgerhq/errors](https://npm.io/package/@ledgerhq/errors.md) ^6.37.0
- [@ledgerhq/devices](https://npm.io/package/@ledgerhq/devices.md) 8.16.0
- [@ledgerhq/hw-transport](https://npm.io/package/@ledgerhq/hw-transport.md) 6.35.5
- [@ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid-noevents](https://npm.io/package/@ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid-noevents.md) ^6.36.0

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## Recent versions

- 6.33.5 (latest) — 2026-06-30
- 6.33.5-nightly.20260630030734 (nightly) — 2026-06-30
- 6.29.8-next.0 (next) — 2025-06-17
- 6.29.3-hotfix.0 (hotfix) — 2024-07-22
- 6.29.0-windows-certificate.0 (windows-certificate) — 2024-05-28
- 6.28.4-new-wc.0 (new-wc) — 2024-02-20
- 6.28.4-new-wc-test.0 (new-wc-test) — 2024-02-20
- 6.28.4-wc-test.0 (wc-test) — 2024-02-14
- 6.28.3-start-exchange.0 (start-exchange) — 2024-01-31
- 6.28.2-custom-exchange.0 (custom-exchange) — 2024-01-09
- 6.27.22-tag-word.0 (tag-word) — 2023-10-25
- 6.27.16-notarizer.0 (notarizer) — 2023-06-22
- 6.27.13-recover-beta.0 (recover-beta) — 2023-04-01
- 6.27.13-recover-simu.0 (recover-simu) — 2023-03-24
- 6.27.13-recover-staging.0 (recover-staging) — 2023-03-22
- … 564 more at https://npm.io/package/@ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid/versions

## README

<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4631227/191834116-59cf590e-25cc-4956-ae5c-812ea464f324.png" height="100" />

[GitHub](https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live/),
[Ledger Devs Discord](https://developers.ledger.com/discord-pro),
[Developer Portal](https://developers.ledger.com/)

## @ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid

Allows to communicate with Ledger Hardware Wallets.

**\[Node]**/Electron **(HID)** – uses `node-hid` and `usb`.

## API

<!-- Generated by documentation.js. Update this documentation by updating the source code. -->

#### Table of Contents

*   [TransportNodeHid](#transportnodehid)
    *   [Examples](#examples)
    *   [isSupported](#issupported)
    *   [list](#list)
    *   [setListenDevicesDebounce](#setlistendevicesdebounce)
        *   [Parameters](#parameters)
    *   [setListenDevicesPollingSkip](#setlistendevicespollingskip)
        *   [Parameters](#parameters-1)
    *   [setListenDevicesDebug](#setlistendevicesdebug)
    *   [listen](#listen)
        *   [Parameters](#parameters-2)
    *   [open](#open)
        *   [Parameters](#parameters-3)

### TransportNodeHid

**Extends TransportNodeHidNoEvents**

node-hid Transport implementation

#### Examples

```javascript
import TransportNodeHid from "@ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid";
...
TransportNodeHid.create().then(transport => ...)
```

#### isSupported

#### list

#### setListenDevicesDebounce

##### Parameters

*   `delay` **[number](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number)**&#x20;

#### setListenDevicesPollingSkip

##### Parameters

*   `conditionToSkip` **function (): [boolean](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Boolean)**&#x20;

#### setListenDevicesDebug

#### listen

##### Parameters

*   `observer` **Observer\<DescriptorEvent<([string](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String) | null | [undefined](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/undefined))>>**&#x20;

Returns **Subscription**&#x20;

#### open

if path="" is not provided, the library will take the first device

##### Parameters

*   `path` **([string](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String) | null | [undefined](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/undefined))**&#x20;

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