https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
buffer javascript nodejs safe security
Score: 31.82611122727965
Last synced: about 8 hours ago
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Repository metadata:
Safer Node.js Buffer API
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Owner: feross
- License: mit
- Created: 2016-01-13T00:46:54.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-06-03T11:06:05.000Z (about 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-08-24T09:45:32.713Z (2 days ago)
- Topics: buffer, javascript, nodejs, safe, security
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 89.8 KB
- Stars: 347
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 46
- Open Issues: 16
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
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Funding:
- Github: feross
- Tidelift: npm/safe-buffer
Owner metadata:
- Name: Feross Aboukhadijeh
- Login: feross
- Email: feross@feross.org
- Kind: user
- Description: • Founder + CEO of Socket (@SocketDev) • Started @webtorrent and @standard • 100+ open source packages on npm • Stanford lecturer for Web Security
- Website: https://feross.org
- Location: Stanford, CA
- Twitter: feross
- Company: @SocketDev, @WebTorrent, @Standard
- Icon url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/121766?u=c9234b2a786d4d3722ab876563eb63069cd54959&v=4
- Repositories: 148
- Last Synced at: 2026-08-22T00:49:01.398Z
- Profile URL: https://github.com/feross
GitHub Events
Total
- Fork event: 2
- Issue comment event: 3
- Issues event: 1
- Pull request event: 2
- Watch event: 7
- Total: 15
Last Year
- Pull request event: 1
- Watch event: 3
- Total: 4
Committers metadata
Last synced: 1 day ago
Total Commits: 72
Total Committers: 8
Avg Commits per committer: 9.0
Development Distribution Score (DDS): 0.167
Commits in past year: 0
Committers in past year: 0
Avg Commits per committer in past year: 0.0
Development Distribution Score (DDS) in past year: 0.0
| Name | Commits | |
|---|---|---|
| Feross Aboukhadijeh | f****s@f****g | 60 |
| Calvin Metcalf | c****f@a****m | 4 |
| greenkeeperio-bot | s****t@g****o | 2 |
| greenkeeper[bot] | 2****] | 2 |
| ukstv | s****v@m****m | 1 |
| Valeri Karpov | v****l@k****o | 1 |
| Per | m****l@p****e | 1 |
| Mark Herhold | m****d@g****m | 1 |
Issue and Pull Request metadata
Last synced: 1 day ago
Total issues: 16
Total pull requests: 30
Average time to close issues: 30 days
Average time to close pull requests: 28 days
Total issue authors: 14
Total pull request authors: 23
Average comments per issue: 3.19
Average comments per pull request: 1.33
Merged pull request: 13
Bot issues: 2
Bot pull requests: 3
Past year issues: 1
Past year pull requests: 7
Past year average time to close issues: N/A
Past year average time to close pull requests: about 2 hours
Past year issue authors: 1
Past year pull request authors: 6
Past year average comments per issue: 0.0
Past year average comments per pull request: 0.14
Past year merged pull request: 0
Past year bot issues: 0
Past year bot pull requests: 0
Top Issue Authors
- greenkeeper[bot] (2)
- jimmywarting (2)
- mijie082-hue (1)
- deehill (1)
- Lizard-King101 (1)
- ExplodingCabbage (1)
- mecirmartin (1)
- ukstv (1)
- Jancat (1)
- PetersonLian (1)
- calvinmetcalf (1)
- Vartex05 (1)
- camellia-1H (1)
- AdrienLemaire (1)
Top Pull Request Authors
- greenkeeper[bot] (3)
- feross (3)
- laeeH (2)
- calvinmetcalf (2)
- greenkeeperio-bot (2)
- sbstjn (1)
- leo1987820 (1)
- ExplodingCabbage (1)
- jreading (1)
- dcousens (1)
- perguth (1)
- Vinnl (1)
- Yzgaming005 (1)
- Fatin-Ishraq (1)
- dada1134 (1)
Top Issue Labels
- greenkeeper (2)
Top Pull Request Labels
- greenkeeper (4)
Package metadata
- Total packages: 17
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Total downloads:
- npm: 1,217,051,079 last-month
- Total docker downloads: 21,632,750,220
- Total dependent packages: 4,136 (may contain duplicates)
- Total dependent repositories: 1,261,652 (may contain duplicates)
- Total versions: 43
- Total maintainers: 4
npmjs.org: safe-buffer
Safer Node.js Buffer API
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 5.2.1 (published over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-08-26T01:44:34.016Z (about 16 hours ago)
- Versions: 11
- Dependent Packages: 4,055
- Dependent Repositories: 1,261,649
- Downloads: 1,217,051,056 Last month
- Docker Downloads: 21,632,750,220
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Rankings:
- Docker downloads count: 0.0%
- Downloads: 0.001%
- Dependent packages count: 0.021%
- Dependent repos count: 0.028%
- Average: 1.259%
- Stargazers count: 3.372%
- Forks count: 4.134%
- Maintainers (2)
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Funding:
- type: github: url: https://github.com/sponsors/feross
- type: patreon: url: https://www.patreon.com/feross
- type: consulting: url: https://feross.org/support
proxy.golang.org: github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Homepage:
- Documentation: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/feross/safe-buffer#section-documentation
- Licenses:
- Latest release: v5.2.1+incompatible (published over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-08-26T01:59:28.325Z (about 16 hours ago)
- Versions: 11
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
-
Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 4.734%
- Average: 4.893%
- Dependent repos count: 5.052%
repo1.maven.org: org.webjars.npm:safe-buffer
WebJar for safe-buffer
- Homepage: https://www.webjars.org
- Documentation: https://appdoc.app/artifact/org.webjars.npm/safe-buffer/
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 5.2.1 (published over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-08-25T10:01:58.621Z (1 day ago)
- Versions: 6
- Dependent Packages: 79
- Dependent Repositories: 1
-
Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 0.918%
- Average: 16.259%
- Stargazers count: 18.521%
- Dependent repos count: 20.773%
- Forks count: 24.822%
npmjs.org: @lumeweb/safe-buffer
Safer Node.js Buffer API
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Status: deprecated
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 5.2.1 (published over 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-08-25T10:53:23.212Z (1 day ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 1
- Dependent Repositories: 2
- Downloads: 10 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 3.406%
- Forks count: 4.214%
- Dependent repos count: 7.611%
- Dependent packages count: 20.908%
- Average: 20.917%
- Downloads: 68.444%
- Maintainers (1)
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Funding:
- url: https://github.com/sponsors/feross: type: github
- url: https://www.patreon.com/feross: type: patreon
- url: https://feross.org/support: type: consulting
repo1.maven.org: org.webjars.bowergithub.feross:safe-buffer
WebJar for safe-buffer
- Homepage: http://webjars.org
- Documentation: https://appdoc.app/artifact/org.webjars.bowergithub.feross/safe-buffer/
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 5.1.2 (published about 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-08-25T10:02:15.766Z (1 day ago)
- Versions: 2
- Dependent Packages: 1
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 14.053%
- Forks count: 17.274%
- Average: 23.826%
- Dependent repos count: 31.98%
- Dependent packages count: 31.998%
npmjs.org: @depup/safe-buffer
[DepUp] Safer Node.js Buffer API
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 5.2.1-depup.0 (published 5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-08-25T01:15:16.570Z (1 day ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 13 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 22.409%
- Average: 27.355%
- Dependent packages count: 32.302%
- Maintainers (1)
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Funding:
- type: github: url: https://github.com/sponsors/feross
- type: patreon: url: https://www.patreon.com/feross
- type: consulting: url: https://feross.org/support
ubuntu-24.04: node-safe-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 5.2.1+~cs2.1.2-3 (published 7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-06T07:02:01.588Z (6 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
ubuntu-24.10: node-safe-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Licenses: mit
- Latest release: 5.2.1+~cs2.1.2-3 (published 7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-09T07:28:42.003Z (6 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
debian-11: node-safe-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/node-safe-buffer
- Licenses: mit
- Latest release: 5.2.1+~cs2.1.2-1 (published 7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-14T02:21:19.233Z (6 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
debian-12: node-safe-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/node-safe-buffer
- Licenses: mit
- Latest release: 5.2.1+~cs2.1.2-3 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-13T20:41:56.795Z (6 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
guix: node-safe-buffer
Buffer creation with explicit semantics
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Documentation: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/node-xyz.scm#n3029
- Licenses: expat
- Latest release: 5.2.1 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-04-27T16:55:17.345Z (4 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
ubuntu-22.04: node-safe-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 5.2.1+~cs2.1.2-2 (published 7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-07T16:32:22.041Z (6 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
ubuntu-23.10: node-safe-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Licenses: mit
- Latest release: 5.2.1+~cs2.1.2-3 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-13T22:20:07.408Z (6 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
ubuntu-23.04: node-safe-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 5.2.1+~cs2.1.2-3 (published 7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-11T05:11:09.926Z (6 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
debian-13: node-safe-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/trixie/node-safe-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 5.2.1+~cs2.1.2-3 (published 7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-13T12:09:32.144Z (6 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
debian-10: node-safe-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/buster/node-safe-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 5.1.2-1 (published 7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-13T05:05:15.938Z (6 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
ubuntu-20.04: node-safe-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/safe-buffer
- Licenses: mit
- Latest release: 5.2.0-1 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-13T10:19:45.796Z (6 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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Dependencies
- standard * development
- tape ^5.0.1 development