Package

to-buffer

Pass in a string, array, Buffer, Data View, or Uint8Array, and get a Buffer back.

v1.2.2, 24 Sept 2025MITCommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install to-buffer

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 15m; +55% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 3; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 11 months ago; v1.2.2
GitHub stars: 31; 4 forks
Open issues / PRs: 1 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 4

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.

15,010,119 downloads last week, 73,356,707 in the last month. The 12-month change of +55% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 07 in total
Latest version: 1.2.2, 24 Sept 202511 months ago
First published: 15 Feb 2016
Last push to GitHub: 16 Apr 2026162 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 1
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 4
Dependents on npm: 66

Major versions

v1 first release 1.0.0, 15 Feb 2016

Recent releases

Version	Published
1.2.2	24 Sept 2025
1.2.1	20 Jun 2025
1.2.0	17 Jun 2025
1.1.1	26 Apr 2018
1.1.0	12 Apr 2017
1.0.1	15 Feb 2016
1.0.0	15 Feb 2016

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >= 0.4
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 14 kB
Dependencies (3): isarraysafe-buffertyped-array-buffer

Install

npm install to-buffer

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/to-buffer@1.2.2/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/to-buffer@1.2.2/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/to-buffer@1.2.2

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

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