# n8n-core > Core functionality of n8n Latest version **2.16.1** (published 2026-04-15) · SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install n8n-core pnpm add n8n-core yarn add n8n-core bun add n8n-core ``` Provides the commands `n8n-copy-static-files`, `n8n-generate-metadata`, `n8n-generate-node-defs`, `n8n-generate-translations`. ## Health **Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active. Positive: has types; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; high maintenance score; high quality score; popular repo; extremely popular. Warnings: low downloads; no esm support. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 2.16.1 | | Published | 2026-04-15 | | First published | 2019-06-21 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md | | TypeScript types | bundled | | Module format | CommonJS | | Dependencies | 40 | | Unpacked size | 1.4 MB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 (+47 in 7 direct dependencies) | | Install scripts | no | | Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) | | GitHub stars | 206528 | | Author | Jan Oberhauser | | Maintainers | jan_n8n_io, tomin8n | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/n8n-core - Repository: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n - Homepage: https://n8n.io - Issues: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/n8n-core ## Dependencies (40) - [qs](https://npm.io/package/qs.md) 6.14.2 - [zod](https://npm.io/package/zod.md) 3.25.67 - [cron](https://npm.io/package/cron.md) 4.4.0 - [ssh2](https://npm.io/package/ssh2.md) 1.15.0 - [uuid](https://npm.io/package/uuid.md) 10.0.0 - [axios](https://npm.io/package/axios.md) 1.15.0 - [luxon](https://npm.io/package/luxon.md) 3.7.2 - [lodash](https://npm.io/package/lodash.md) 4.17.23 - [nanoid](https://npm.io/package/nanoid.md) 3.3.8 - [xml2js](https://npm.io/package/xml2js.md) 0.6.2 - [@n8n/di](https://npm.io/package/@n8n/di.md) 0.10.0 - [chardet](https://npm.io/package/chardet.md) 2.0.0 - [winston](https://npm.io/package/winston.md) 3.14.2 - [callsites](https://npm.io/package/callsites.md) 3.1.0 - [fast-glob](https://npm.io/package/fast-glob.md) 3.2.12 - [file-type](https://npm.io/package/file-type.md) 16.5.4 - [form-data](https://npm.io/package/form-data.md) 4.0.4 - [iconv-lite](https://npm.io/package/iconv-lite.md) 0.6.3 - [mime-types](https://npm.io/package/mime-types.md) 3.0.2 - [oauth-1.0a](https://npm.io/package/oauth-1.0a.md) 2.2.6 - [picocolors](https://npm.io/package/picocolors.md) 1.0.1 - [@n8n/config](https://npm.io/package/@n8n/config.md) 2.15.0 - [htmlparser2](https://npm.io/package/htmlparser2.md) ^10.0.0 - [@sentry/node](https://npm.io/package/@sentry/node.md) ^10.36.0 - [jsonwebtoken](https://npm.io/package/jsonwebtoken.md) 9.0.3 - [n8n-workflow](https://npm.io/package/n8n-workflow.md) 2.16.0 - [p-cancelable](https://npm.io/package/p-cancelable.md) 2.1.1 - [pretty-bytes](https://npm.io/package/pretty-bytes.md) 5.6.0 - [@n8n/constants](https://npm.io/package/@n8n/constants.md) 0.20.0 - [proxy-from-env](https://npm.io/package/proxy-from-env.md) ^1.1.0 - [@langchain/core](https://npm.io/package/@langchain/core.md) 1.1.34 - [@n8n/decorators](https://npm.io/package/@n8n/decorators.md) 1.16.0 - [http-proxy-agent](https://npm.io/package/http-proxy-agent.md) 7.0.2 - [@n8n/workflow-sdk](https://npm.io/package/@n8n/workflow-sdk.md) 0.9.0 - [https-proxy-agent](https://npm.io/package/https-proxy-agent.md) 7.0.6 - [@aws-sdk/client-s3](https://npm.io/package/@aws-sdk/client-s3.md) 3.808.0 - [@n8n/client-oauth2](https://npm.io/package/@n8n/client-oauth2.md) 1.1.1 - [@n8n/backend-common](https://npm.io/package/@n8n/backend-common.md) 1.16.0 - [@sentry/node-native](https://npm.io/package/@sentry/node-native.md) ^10.36.0 - [@sentry/profiling-node](https://npm.io/package/@sentry/profiling-node.md) ^10.36.0 ## Recent versions - 2.16.1 (latest) — 2026-04-15 - 2.42.2 (beta) — 2026-10-01 - 2.41.4 (stable) — 2026-10-01 - 1.122.49 (release-v1) — 2026-09-30 - 1.111.0 (rc) — 2025-09-15 - 0.175.1 (legacy) — 2023-07-12 - 2.41.3 — 2026-09-30 - 2.42.1 — 2026-09-30 - 2.42.0 — 2026-09-29 - 2.41.2 — 2026-09-24 - 2.41.1 — 2026-09-23 - 2.41.0 — 2026-09-22 - 2.39.8 — 2026-09-21 - 2.40.3 — 2026-09-21 - 2.39.7 — 2026-09-21 - … 637 more at https://npm.io/package/n8n-core/versions ## README ![n8n.io - Workflow Automation](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/65276001/173571060-9f2f6d7b-bac0-43b6-bdb2-001da9694058.png) # n8n-core Core components for n8n ``` npm install n8n-core ``` ## License You can find the license information [here](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/README.md#license) --- _Source: https://npm.io/package/n8n-core · Machine-readable twin of the npm.io package page. Health data is recomputed on every publish._