https://github.com/feross/is-buffer
browser browserify buffer is-buffer javascript nodejs
Score: 29.579250124826757
Last synced: about 17 hours ago
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Repository metadata:
Determine if an object is a Buffer
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer
- Owner: feross
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-10-31T01:55:56.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2021-08-18T15:42:05.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-03T17:32:28.002Z (20 days ago)
- Topics: browser, browserify, buffer, is-buffer, javascript, nodejs
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 46.9 KB
- Stars: 94
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 35
- Open Issues: 8
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
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Funding:
- Github: feross
- Tidelift: npm/is-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: 2025-11-21T07:03:06.391Z
- Profile URL: https://github.com/feross
GitHub Events
Total
- Pull request event: 2
- Watch event: 2
- Total: 4
Last Year
- Pull request event: 2
- Watch event: 2
- Total: 4
Committers metadata
Last synced: about 18 hours ago
Total Commits: 82
Total Committers: 8
Avg Commits per committer: 10.25
Development Distribution Score (DDS): 0.195
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 | 66 |
| greenkeeper[bot] | 2****] | 8 |
| greenkeeperio-bot | s****t@g****o | 2 |
| Linus Unnebäck | l****s@f****e | 2 |
| paladox | p****x | 1 |
| Shakil | s****7@g****m | 1 |
| zackschuster | z****r@g****m | 1 |
| sandip mondal | s****2@w****m | 1 |
Issue and Pull Request metadata
Last synced: 20 days ago
Total issues: 4
Total pull requests: 41
Average time to close issues: about 1 month
Average time to close pull requests: about 1 month
Total issue authors: 3
Total pull request authors: 22
Average comments per issue: 6.5
Average comments per pull request: 1.2
Merged pull request: 15
Bot issues: 2
Bot pull requests: 8
Past year issues: 0
Past year pull requests: 1
Past year average time to close issues: N/A
Past year average time to close pull requests: about 2 hours
Past year issue authors: 0
Past year pull request authors: 1
Past year average comments per issue: 0
Past year average comments per pull request: 1.0
Past year merged pull request: 0
Past year bot issues: 0
Past year bot pull requests: 0
Top Issue Authors
- greenkeeper[bot] (2)
- phated (1)
- TattdCodeMonkey (1)
Top Pull Request Authors
- greenkeeper[bot] (8)
- greenkeeperio-bot (6)
- feross (4)
- smondal (3)
- zackschuster (2)
- paladox (2)
- southpolesteve (1)
- sanjaymsh (1)
- benmccann (1)
- Richienb (1)
- LinusU (1)
- bajtos (1)
- BendingBender (1)
- iAmShakil (1)
- jamestalmage (1)
Top Issue Labels
- greenkeeper (2)
- question (1)
Top Pull Request Labels
- greenkeeper (10)
Package metadata
- Total packages: 15
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Total downloads:
- npm: 183,907,172 last-month
- Total docker downloads: 8,413,445,914
- Total dependent packages: 1,478 (may contain duplicates)
- Total dependent repositories: 971,086 (may contain duplicates)
- Total versions: 52
- Total maintainers: 2
npmjs.org: is-buffer
Determine if an object is a Buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer#readme
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 2.0.5 (published over 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-21T17:30:55.921Z (1 day ago)
- Versions: 16
- Dependent Packages: 1,461
- Dependent Repositories: 971,086
- Downloads: 183,907,159 Last month
- Docker Downloads: 8,413,445,914
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Rankings:
- Downloads: 0.009%
- Docker downloads count: 0.011%
- Dependent repos count: 0.035%
- Dependent packages count: 0.051%
- Average: 1.647%
- Forks count: 4.671%
- Stargazers count: 5.109%
- 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
proxy.golang.org: github.com/feross/is-buffer
- Homepage:
- Documentation: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/feross/is-buffer#section-documentation
- Licenses:
- Latest release: v2.0.5+incompatible (published over 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-20T12:00:56.799Z (3 days ago)
- Versions: 16
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 4.741%
- Average: 4.9%
- Dependent repos count: 5.06%
repo1.maven.org: org.webjars.npm:is-buffer
WebJar for is-buffer
- Homepage: https://www.webjars.org
- Documentation: https://appdoc.app/artifact/org.webjars.npm/is-buffer/
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 2.0.5 (published over 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-20T12:00:56.581Z (3 days ago)
- Versions: 8
- Dependent Packages: 14
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 4.268%
- Average: 19.03%
- Forks count: 19.767%
- Stargazers count: 20.104%
- Dependent repos count: 31.98%
repo1.maven.org: org.webjars.bowergithub.feross:is-buffer
WebJar for is-buffer
- Homepage: http://webjars.org
- Documentation: https://appdoc.app/artifact/org.webjars.bowergithub.feross/is-buffer/
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 1.1.6 (published about 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-20T12:00:55.647Z (3 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 2
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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Rankings:
- Forks count: 19.767%
- Stargazers count: 20.104%
- Dependent packages count: 22.361%
- Average: 23.553%
- Dependent repos count: 31.98%
npmjs.org: fis-msprd-is-buffer_1_1_4
Determine if an object is a Buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer#readme
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 1.1.4 (published over 9 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-20T12:00:59.483Z (3 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 1
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 13 Last month
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Rankings:
- Forks count: 5.703%
- Stargazers count: 7.212%
- Average: 24.472%
- Dependent repos count: 25.328%
- Dependent packages count: 32.894%
- Downloads: 51.222%
- Maintainers (1)
debian-11: node-is-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer
- Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/node-is-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 2.0.5-1 (published 5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-13T08:27:09.098Z (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-20.04: node-is-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer#readme
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 1.1.6-1 (published 5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-13T09:25:34.361Z (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%
debian-10: node-is-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer#readme
- Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/buster/node-is-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 1.1.6-1 (published 5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-13T15:03:20.249Z (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-23.10: node-is-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer
- Licenses: mit
- Latest release: 2.0.5-2 (published 5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-13T20:17:42.526Z (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%
debian-13: node-is-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer
- Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/trixie/node-is-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 2.0.5-2 (published 5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-13T23:12:23.268Z (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-23.04: node-is-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 2.0.5-2 (published 5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-11T11:03:13.297Z (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-is-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 2.0.5-2 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-07T16:30:49.016Z (5 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-24.10: node-is-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 2.0.5-2 (published 5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-09T07:26:43.963Z (5 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-is-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer
- Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/node-is-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 2.0.5-2 (published 5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-13T20:41:12.842Z (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-24.04: node-is-buffer
- Homepage: https://github.com/feross/is-buffer
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 2.0.5-2 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-06T06:57:55.900Z (5 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%
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