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safer-buffer

npm · v2.1.2 · MIT

Modern Buffer API polyfill without footguns

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Install

npm install safer-buffer

Adoption

Downloads (30 days)
649.9M
Observeddownloads / 30 days
Popularity
Top 1% on npm
Derived99th percentile within npm
Dependents
2.1K
Observedpackages that depend on it
Maintenance
0.07
DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
Releases per year
109
6 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
+2.8% · 30d
Derived+17.5M downloads / 30 days, SEP 24 → OCT 24
90 days
+5.7% · 90d
Derived+35M downloads / 30 days, JUL 26 → OCT 24
1 year
+128.5% · 1y
Derived+365.6M downloads / 30 days, NOV 3 → OCT 24

Adoption historydownloads / 30 days · 13 observations

SEP 24, 2026: 632,405,733 downloads / 30 daysSEP 25, 2026: 634,079,262 downloads / 30 daysSEP 26, 2026: 623,099,439 downloads / 30 daysSEP 27, 2026: 615,520,685 downloads / 30 daysSEP 28, 2026: 635,393,006 downloads / 30 daysSEP 29, 2026: 656,134,402 downloads / 30 daysSEP 30, 2026: 664,598,311 downloads / 30 daysOCT 1, 2026: 670,496,085 downloads / 30 daysOCT 2, 2026: 671,630,291 downloads / 30 daysOCT 3, 2026: 689,897,615 downloads / 30 daysOCT 4, 2026: 681,727,822 downloads / 30 daysOCT 5, 2026: 681,727,822 downloads / 30 daysOCT 24, 2026: 649,942,590 downloads / 30 days
Table of observations (13)
Daydownloads / 30 daysDependents
OCT 24, 2026649,942,5902,143
OCT 5, 2026681,727,822Not observed
OCT 4, 2026681,727,822Not observed
OCT 3, 2026689,897,615Not observed
OCT 2, 2026671,630,291Not observed
OCT 1, 2026670,496,085Not observed
SEP 30, 2026664,598,311Not observed
SEP 29, 2026656,134,402Not observed
SEP 28, 2026635,393,006Not observed
SEP 27, 2026615,520,685Not observed
SEP 26, 2026623,099,439Not observed
SEP 25, 2026634,079,262Not observed
SEP 24, 2026632,405,733Not observed

Facts from the registry

Latest version
v2.1.2
6 versions
First published
MAR 19, 2018
Last release
APR 8, 2018
9y ago
Licence
MIT
Links
npm page
Homepage · github.com
Source · github.com

Repository

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chalker/safer-buffer

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Dependencies latest version · v2.1.2

No dependencies are recorded for the latest version.

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