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get-symbol-description

Gets the description of a Symbol. Handles `Symbol()` vs `Symbol('')` properly when possible.

v1.1.0, 17 Dec 2024MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install get-symbol-description

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
63.7m
+87% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
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Dependencies
3
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 year ago
v1.1.0
GitHub stars
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Open issues / PRs
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Contributors
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Commits, last 52 weeks
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Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
025m50m75m100mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 85.1m (25 Aug 2026)Low 24.5m (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

63,679,093 downloads last week, 308,955,302 in the last month. The 12-month change of +87% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
04 in total
Latest version
1.1.0, 17 Dec 20241 year ago
First published
17 Aug 2021
Last push to GitHub
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Repository archived
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Open issues
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Open pull requests
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Commits, last 52 weeks
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Dependents on npm
1,009

Major versions

  1. v1 first release 1.0.0, 17 Aug 2021

Recent releases

VersionPublished
1.1.017 Dec 2024
1.0.27 Feb 2024
1.0.16 Feb 2024
1.0.017 Aug 2021
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>= 0.4
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
17 kB
Dependencies (3)
es-errorscall-boundget-intrinsic
npm install get-symbol-description
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/get-symbol-description@1.1.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/get-symbol-description@1.1.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/get-symbol-description@1.1.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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