tiny-version-compare

Compare two software versions, with any number of points (<1KB)

Supports most version types, from r12.3 to 1.03.4.234567-RC4. Development versions are sorted as: dev, alpha, beta, rc, pre.

Also used by Refined GitHub.

Install

$ npm install tiny-version-compare

Usage

import compareVersions from 'tiny-version-compare';

switch (compareVersions('1.2.3', '2.3.4')) {
	case -1: console.log('Second one is greater'); break
	case 1:  console.log('Second one is lower'); break
	case 0:  console.log('Versions are equal'); break
}

['v2.0-beta', '1.0', 'v2.0', '1.0.1'].sort(compareVersions);
// ['1.0', '1.0.1', 'v2.0-beta', 'v2.0']

API

compareVersions(versionA, versionB)

It follows the standard JavaScript comparison function for Arrays.

Returns -1 if versionB is greater, 1 if versionA is greater, 0 if the versions are equivalent.

versionA, versionB

Type: string

The versions to compare.

License

MIT © Federico Brigante