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eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow weekly downloads statistics

By TristonJ · npm · ESLint plugins

Prefer arrow functions in most cases

View on npm Fresh · Oct 18, 2026

eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow has 460,361 recorded weekly downloads on npm, a decrease of 47.3% over the past 30 days, ranking #274 of 2,322 tracked listings.

Weekly downloads
460,361
Official API · Oct 18, 2026
7-day growth
-49.6%
-452.7K weekly downloads
30-day growth
-47.3%
-414K weekly downloads
90-day growth
-58.4%
-646.7K weekly downloads
Rank
#274
Among tracked npm listings

About eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow

eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow

ESLint plugin to prefer arrow functions. By default, the plugin allows usage of function as a member of an Object's prototype, but this can be changed with the property disallowPrototype. Functions referencing this will also be allowed. Alternatively, with the singleReturnOnly option, this plugin only reports functions where converting to an arrow function would dramatically simplify the code.

Class methods will not produce errors unless the classPropertiesAllowed flag is set.

This plugin will automatically fix your code using ESLint's --fix option, as long as you use the singleReturnOnly option.

Installation

Install the npm package

# If eslint is installed globally
npm install -g eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow

# If eslint is installed locally
npm install -D eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow

Add the plugin to the plugins section and the rule to the rules section in your .eslintrc

"plugins": [
  "prefer-arrow"
],
"rules": {
  "prefer-arrow/prefer-arrow-functions": [
    "warn",
    {
      "disallowPrototype": true,
      "singleReturnOnly": false,
      "classPropertiesAllowed": false
    }
  ]
}

Configuration

  • disallowPrototype: If set to true, the plugin will warn if function is used anytime. Otherwise, the plugin allows usage of function if it is a member of an Object's prototype.
  • singleReturnOnly: If set to true, the plugin will only warn for function declarations which only contain a return statement. These often look much better when declared as arrow functions without braces. Works well in conjunction with ESLint's built-in arrow-body-style set to as-needed.
  • classPropertiesAllowed: If set to true, the plugin will warn about functions which could be replaced with arrow functions defined as class instance fields. Enable if you're using Babel's transform-class-properties plugin.
  • allowStandaloneDeclarations: If set to true, the plugin will ignore top-level function declarations (the plugin will still warn about "inner" functions, for example, function declarations inside other functions).

Autofixing

To autofix your code, simply run ESLint with the --fix option. Note that this only works when the singleReturnOnly option is set to true.

eslint --fix src

Description from the npm listing.

  • eslint
  • eslint-plugin
  • es6

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Adoption over time

eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow weekly downloads on npm, last 90 days: 460,361 weekly downloads as of Oct 18, 2026, -58.4% over 90 days.eslint-plugin-prefer-arrowWeekly downloads on npm · Last 90 days460,361downloads / week-58.4% over 90 days400K500K600K700K800K900K1M1.1M1.2MJul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18downloads / weekobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsJul 22, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 89 observations · Updated Oc…pluginstats.com
eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow weekly downloads on npm, last 90 days: 460,361 weekly downloads as of Oct 18, 2026, -58.4% over 90 days.

7/30/90-day growth

eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow weekly downloads growth on npm: -49.6% over 7 days, -47.3% over 30 days, -58.4% over 90 days.eslint-plugin-prefer-arrowWeekly downloads growth on npm460,361downloads / week now7-day growth-452,720 weekly downloads-49.6%30-day growth-413,982 weekly downloads-47.3%90-day growth-646,673 weekly downloads-58.4%Growth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 18, 2026pluginstats.com
eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow weekly downloads growth on npm: -49.6% over 7 days, -47.3% over 30 days, -58.4% over 90 days.

Ranking history

eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow npm ranking history: currently #274 (by weekly downloads).eslint-plugin-prefer-arrownpm ranking · by weekly downloads · Last 90 days#274current rank#269#270#271#272#273#274#275#276Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 18, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct 18, 2026pluginstats.com
eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow npm ranking history: currently #274 (by weekly downloads).

Listing placement

All npm2,320 listings · 116 pages · 1,162 shown · page 14, #14 (overall #274)
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Listing placement

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Recent observations

Full history (122)
Recent weekly downloads observations for eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow
Date (UTC)Weekly downloadsChange vs. previous
460,361+48.7K
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Data source

Weekly downloads (trailing 7 complete days) come from the official npm downloads API. Downloads include CI and mirrors and are not equivalent to installs or users. npm publishes no ratings.

Listing: https://www.npmjs.com/package/eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.