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buffer

npm · v6.0.3 · MIT

Node.js Buffer API, for the browser

Install

npm install buffer

Adoption

Downloads (30 days)
658.6M
Observeddownloads / 30 days
Popularity
Top 1% on npm
Derived99th percentile within npm
Dependents
10.8K
Observedpackages that depend on it
Maintenance
0.29
DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
Releases per year
14
96 versions over its life

Growth by period

Derived by Crest of Tech from two observations of npm’s own figure, a period apart. Nothing is stored or estimated: without an observation near the period’s start, the period is still collecting.

7 days
Collectinghistory
Collecting
30 days
−1.7% · 30d
Derived−11.2M downloads / 30 days, SEP 24 → OCT 24
90 days
+8.8% · 90d
Derived+53.5M downloads / 30 days, JUL 26 → OCT 24
1 year
+76.8% · 1y
Derived+286.2M downloads / 30 days, NOV 3 → OCT 24

Adoption history

Adoption historydownloads / 30 days · 13 observations

SEP 24, 2026: 669,762,171 downloads / 30 daysSEP 25, 2026: 670,536,739 downloads / 30 daysSEP 26, 2026: 654,642,420 downloads / 30 daysSEP 27, 2026: 643,160,367 downloads / 30 daysSEP 28, 2026: 666,865,666 downloads / 30 daysSEP 29, 2026: 691,580,868 downloads / 30 daysSEP 30, 2026: 700,390,932 downloads / 30 daysOCT 1, 2026: 705,639,943 downloads / 30 daysOCT 2, 2026: 703,915,346 downloads / 30 daysOCT 3, 2026: 719,526,546 downloads / 30 daysOCT 4, 2026: 706,679,070 downloads / 30 daysOCT 5, 2026: 706,679,070 downloads / 30 daysOCT 24, 2026: 658,584,842 downloads / 30 days
Table of observations (13)
Daydownloads / 30 daysDependents
OCT 24, 2026658,584,84210,780
OCT 5, 2026706,679,070Not observed
OCT 4, 2026706,679,070Not observed
OCT 3, 2026719,526,546Not observed
OCT 2, 2026703,915,346Not observed
OCT 1, 2026705,639,943Not observed
SEP 30, 2026700,390,932Not observed
SEP 29, 2026691,580,868Not observed
SEP 28, 2026666,865,666Not observed
SEP 27, 2026643,160,367Not observed
SEP 26, 2026654,642,420Not observed
SEP 25, 2026670,536,739Not observed
SEP 24, 2026669,762,171Not observed

Facts from the registry

Latest version
v6.0.3
96 versions
First published
FEB 7, 2014
Last release
NOV 23, 2020
6y ago
Licence
MIT

Repository

In the Crest catalog

feross/buffer

The buffer module from node.js, for the browser.

Stars
1.9K
Forks
261
Language
JavaScript
Last push
12mo ago
Last release
None recorded

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Dependencies latest version · v6.0.3

Runtime 2

  • base64-js^1.3.1
  • ieee754^1.2.1

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