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string_decoder

The string_decoder module from Node core

v1.3.0, 7 Aug 2019MITCommonJSTypes: NoneNode.js utilities
$ npm install string_decoder

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
197.2m
+60% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
7 years ago
v1.3.0
GitHub stars
35
26 forks
Open issues / PRs
6 / 1
Contributors
9
Commits, last 52 weeks
1

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0100m200m300mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 256.6m (25 Aug 2026)Low 78.2m (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.

197,151,297 downloads last week, 932,645,378 in the last month. The 12-month change of +60% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
014 in total
Latest version
1.3.0, 7 Aug 20197 years ago
First published
3 Dec 2013
Last push to GitHub
20 Mar 2026188 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
6
Open pull requests
1
Commits, last 52 weeks
1
Dependents on npm
2,436

Major versions

  1. v1 first release 1.0.0, 6 Apr 2017
  2. v0 first release 0.0.0, 3 Dec 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
1.3.07 Aug 2019
1.2.027 Nov 2018
1.1.130 Mar 2018
1.1.06 Mar 2018
1.0.322 Jun 2017
1.0.26 Jun 2017
1.0.119 May 2017
1.0.06 Apr 2017
0.10.3123 Aug 2014
0.10.2528 Jan 2014
0.11.1018 Jan 2014
0.10.2418 Jan 2014
0.0.117 Jan 2014
0.0.03 Dec 2013
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
14 kB
Dependencies (1)
safe-buffer
npm install string_decoder
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/string_decoder@1.3.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/string_decoder@1.3.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/string_decoder@1.3.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.