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smart-buffer

smart-buffer is a Buffer wrapper that adds automatic read & write offset tracking, string operations, data insertions, and more.

v4.2.0, 7 Aug 2021MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install smart-buffer

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
40.4m
+59% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
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No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
5 years ago
v4.2.0
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
020m40m60m80mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 75.2m (16 Jun 2026)Low 15.7m (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.

40,401,004 downloads last week, 187,914,109 in the last month. The 12-month change of +59% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
031 in total
Latest version
4.2.0, 7 Aug 20215 years ago
First published
3 Nov 2013
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
-
Dependents on npm
536

Major versions

  1. v4 first release 4.0.0, 21 Oct 2017
  2. v3 first release 3.0.0, 13 Feb 2017
  3. v2 first release 2.0.0, 30 Jan 2017
  4. v1 first release 1.0.0, 3 Nov 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
4.2.07 Aug 2021
4.1.024 Jul 2019
4.0.224 Jan 2019
4.0.112 Nov 2017
4.0.021 Oct 2017
3.0.319 Feb 2017
3.0.217 Feb 2017
3.0.116 Feb 2017
3.0.013 Feb 2017
2.0.331 Jan 2017
2.0.231 Jan 2017
2.0.131 Jan 2017
1.1.1530 Jan 2017
2.0.030 Jan 2017
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>= 6.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
135 kB
Dependencies (0)
None
npm install smart-buffer
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/smart-buffer@4.2.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/smart-buffer@4.2.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/smart-buffer@4.2.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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