Free public CDN that serves npm packages as standards-compliant ES modules.
Found via: Product Hunt 82 · Hacker News 7 · PeerPush 8 · StackScope Discovery (Indie) 33 · StackScope Wider Web 30
esm.sh has been detected on 96 launches we've crawled, with 12 of those in July 2026 (0.1% of the month's launches so far). The 7-day rolling share is 0.1%, roughly steady week on week. Most recent detection: River, 2 days ago.
It's most commonly paired with HSTS, Google Search Console, and Google Fonts. By product type, the launches using it are most often Productivity (19%), Design (12%), and Developer Tools (12%). By estimated origin, the United States leads (33%), ahead of India (17%). The 96 scored launches using esm.sh average a StackScope score of 7.3 out of 10, against 6.3 across all launches we score.
What kind of products ship with esm.sh
69 launches
Countries that use esm.sh
Estimated origin for 30 of 96 launches
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United States 33.33%
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India 16.67%
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United Kingdom 13.33%
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France 6.67%
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South Korea 6.67%
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Türkiye 6.67%
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United Arab Emirates 3.33%
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Denmark 3.33%
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Italy 3.33%
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Japan 3.33%
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Portugal 3.33%
Share of new launches using esm.sh
Each dot is one launch day. Line is the 7-day rolling average.
Package CDN leaders
| Tool | % of launches | % of category | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | – |
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5.68% | 52.21% |
| #2 | – |
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5.00% | 45.96% |
| #3 | – |
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2.26% | 20.82% |
| #4 | – |
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0.90% | 8.32% |
| #5 | – |
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0.15% | 1.39% |
Percentages show adoption among indie launches: the share of all analysed launches, and of launches using any Package CDN tool. All 12 in Package CDN →
Highest-scoring launches using esm.sh
The top launches by StackScope score among the 96 we've detected using esm.sh.
Most recent of 96 launches using esm.sh
River
ArtistPass
Content
ReactGrind — React Coding Challenges
Education
Floorsjs
Developer Tools
HuskyBIM
Slaytic Tools
Productivity
WebScore.now
Crypto
WebWizard Tools
Termi Protocol
nxt
GenMB
Magic Bookshelf - AI kids stories
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