Package

node-guard

General purpose I/O module to add following http headers to keep your webpages securing them from malware attacks. This module can be used with any node http server.

v1.0.0, 10 Jan 2016MITCommonJSTypes: NoneSecurity HTTP servers and web frameworks

$ npm install node-guard

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 2.8k; +71% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 10 years ago; v1.0.0
GitHub stars: 6; 1 forks
Open issues / PRs: 1 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

2,755 downloads last week, 18,148 in the last month. The 12-month change of +71% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 1.0.0, 10 Jan 201610 years ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 10 Jan 20163,910 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: Yes
Open issues: 1
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 2

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): -
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install node-guard

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/node-guard@1.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/node-guard@1.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/node-guard@1.0.0

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Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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