How JavaScript Obfuscator is used
JavaScript Obfuscator joined the catalog on its public numbers (607,839 downloads a week on npm and 16,316 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 15 public GitHub projects of our scan, 4 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use webpack (53.3%), webpack CLI (53.3%), webpack-obfuscator (53.3%).
JavaScript Obfuscator popularity over time
Gid Score 50: downloads 59, use in agent projects 23, GitHub stars 58, downloads trend 60 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with JavaScript Obfuscator
| webpack | 53.3% of JavaScript Obfuscator projects · 61.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| webpack CLI | 53.3% of JavaScript Obfuscator projects · 67.6× more than average |
| webpack-obfuscator | 53.3% of JavaScript Obfuscator projects · 827.7× more than average |
| html-webpack-plugin | 46.7% of JavaScript Obfuscator projects · 263.4× more than average |
| ts-loader | 46.7% of JavaScript Obfuscator projects · 82.8× more than average |
| ts-node | 46.7% of JavaScript Obfuscator projects · 9.8× more than average |
| Axios | 40.0% of JavaScript Obfuscator projects · 5.2× more than average |
| TypeScript | 93.3% of JavaScript Obfuscator projects · 1.7× more than average |
How JavaScript Obfuscator is funded
Open Collective: javascript-obfuscator
| Received, last 12 months | $4 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $5 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $22 |
| Raised since the start | $2,844 · $2,821 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $0 · $0 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | -78% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 1 |
Top company backers all time, 11 companies in total
| 123apps.com | $100 since Jul 2018 |
|---|---|
| Westcoast Technology limited | $100 since Sep 2020 |
| FSCmap.COM | $30 since Apr 2020 |
| Motif Markets | $25 since Jan 2020 |
| Koodinurk Ltd | $20 since Sep 2020 |
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month, last five years. First money received in Jun 2017. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 1 more tool in our catalog: webpack-obfuscator.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
GitHub Sponsors
| @sanex3339 | 0 current sponsors |
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GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay. Sponsors of a person back all of their work.
Ways to fund JavaScript Obfuscator
GitHub Sponsors Open Collective Own page
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install javascript-obfuscator |
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| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (14), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | taracodlabs/aiden, alexisssol/Solana-Bundler-tool, FiniteSingularity/jern-gets-a-haircut |
Alternatives to JavaScript Obfuscator
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