Package

safer-buffer

Modern Buffer API polyfill without footguns

v2.1.2, 8 Apr 2018MITCommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install safer-buffer

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 119.2m; +101% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 8 years ago; v2.1.2
GitHub stars: 27; 23 forks
Open issues / PRs: 5 / 1
Contributors: 6
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.

119,240,685 downloads last week, 530,518,089 in the last month. The 12-month change of +101% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 06 in total
Latest version: 2.1.2, 8 Apr 20188 years ago
First published: 19 Mar 2018
Last push to GitHub: 22 Apr 20211,981 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 5
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 2,128

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 19 Mar 2018

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.1.2	8 Apr 2018
2.1.1	8 Apr 2018
2.1.0	21 Mar 2018
2.0.2	20 Mar 2018
2.0.1	19 Mar 2018
2.0.0	19 Mar 2018

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 41 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install safer-buffer

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/safer-buffer@2.1.2/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/safer-buffer@2.1.2/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/safer-buffer@2.1.2

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

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