https://github.com/websockets/ws
javascript node nodejs real-time rfc-6455 websocket websocket-client websocket-compression websocket-server
Score: 32.98272842183283
Last synced: about 8 hours ago
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Repository metadata:
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server for Node.js
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Owner: websockets
- License: mit
- Created: 2011-11-09T22:32:45.000Z (over 14 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2026-07-17T16:31:40.000Z (11 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-22T01:34:46.991Z (7 days ago)
- Topics: javascript, node, nodejs, real-time, rfc-6455, websocket, websocket-client, websocket-compression, websocket-server
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 16.2 MB
- Stars: 22,788
- Watchers: 361
- Forks: 2,563
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Security: SECURITY.md
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Funding:
- Github: lpinca
Package metadata
- Total packages: 37
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Total downloads:
- npm: 945,459,678 last-month
- Total docker downloads: 8,309,016,120
- Total dependent packages: 19,545 (may contain duplicates)
- Total dependent repositories: 900,205 (may contain duplicates)
- Total versions: 377
- Total maintainers: 51
- Total advisories: 7
npmjs.org: ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 8.21.1 (published 14 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-27T21:15:58.371Z (1 day ago)
- Versions: 186
- Dependent Packages: 19,475
- Dependent Repositories: 900,116
- Downloads: 945,388,478 Last month
- Docker Downloads: 8,309,016,055
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Rankings:
- Downloads: 0.002%
- Dependent packages count: 0.006%
- Docker downloads count: 0.012%
- Dependent repos count: 0.038%
- Average: 0.25%
- Stargazers count: 0.646%
- Forks count: 0.794%
- Maintainers (4)
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Advisories:
- ws: Memory exhaustion DoS from tiny fragments and data chunks
- ws: Uninitialized memory disclosure
- ws affected by a DoS when handling a request with many HTTP headers
- ReDoS in Sec-Websocket-Protocol header
- Denial of Service in ws
- DoS due to excessively large websocket message in ws
- Remote Memory Disclosure in ws
npmjs.org: sc-ws
simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client, server and console for node.js, up-to-date against RFC-6455
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Status: deprecated
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 1.0.2 (published over 10 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:34.232Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 3
- Dependent Packages: 1
- Dependent Repositories: 82
- Downloads: 1,987 Last month
- Docker Downloads: 28
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Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.646%
- Forks count: 0.793%
- Docker downloads count: 1.494%
- Dependent repos count: 1.534%
- Downloads: 4.745%
- Average: 5.02%
- Dependent packages count: 20.908%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: ws-unix
simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client, server and console for node.js, up-to-date against RFC-6455
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws#readme
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 1.0.2 (published over 10 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:34.152Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 2
- Dependent Packages: 2
- Dependent Repositories: 3
- Downloads: 86 Last month
- Docker Downloads: 37
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Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.646%
- Forks count: 0.793%
- Docker downloads count: 1.754%
- Average: 5.099%
- Dependent repos count: 6.341%
- Dependent packages count: 8.834%
- Downloads: 12.224%
- Maintainers (1)
repo1.maven.org: org.webjars.npm:ws
WebJar for ws
- Homepage: https://www.webjars.org
- Documentation: https://appdoc.app/artifact/org.webjars.npm/ws/
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 8.18.3 (published 5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:32.885Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 49
- Dependent Packages: 48
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.919%
- Dependent packages count: 1.377%
- Forks count: 2.143%
- Average: 9.105%
- Dependent repos count: 31.98%
npmjs.org: @k4connect/ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 1.1.6 (published almost 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:35.353Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 3
- Dependent Repositories: 1
- Downloads: 30 Last month
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Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.646%
- Forks count: 0.793%
- Dependent packages count: 5.888%
- Average: 9.776%
- Dependent repos count: 10.296%
- Downloads: 31.255%
- Maintainers (11)
npmjs.org: ws-https-browserify
Same as `ws` but with `https-browserify`
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 0.0.1 (published over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:33.722Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 1
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 13 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.648%
- Forks count: 0.774%
- Average: 11.761%
- Dependent repos count: 18.927%
- Dependent packages count: 26.695%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: @nxtedition/ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 8.3.7 (published over 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:35.132Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 7
- Dependent Packages: 2
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 41 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.831%
- Forks count: 0.961%
- Dependent packages count: 9.482%
- Average: 12.44%
- Dependent repos count: 25.328%
- Downloads: 25.598%
- Maintainers (12)
npmjs.org: @luminati-io/ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 6.1.0-lum.1 (published over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:35.089Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 2
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 596 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.867%
- Forks count: 1.042%
- Downloads: 3.222%
- Average: 12.665%
- Dependent repos count: 25.306%
- Dependent packages count: 32.89%
- Maintainers (5)
npmjs.org: @thzero/ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 0.0.5 (published over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:35.755Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 3
- Dependent Packages: 3
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 32 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.832%
- Forks count: 0.962%
- Dependent packages count: 6.929%
- Average: 13.284%
- Dependent repos count: 25.328%
- Downloads: 32.371%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: ws-without-native
simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client, server and console for node.js, up-to-date against RFC-6455
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws#readme
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 1.0.2 (published over 10 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:33.875Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 5
- Dependent Repositories: 1
- Downloads: 13 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.646%
- Forks count: 0.793%
- Dependent packages count: 3.699%
- Dependent repos count: 10.296%
- Average: 14.068%
- Downloads: 54.903%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: @hellstad/ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 3.1.1 (published about 9 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:35.046Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 2
- Dependent Packages: 1
- Dependent Repositories: 1
- Downloads: 31 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.646%
- Forks count: 0.793%
- Dependent repos count: 10.296%
- Average: 15.289%
- Dependent packages count: 20.908%
- Downloads: 43.802%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: graphony-ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 0.0.9 (published almost 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:33.401Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 2
- Dependent Repositories: 1
- Downloads: 8 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.646%
- Forks count: 0.793%
- Dependent packages count: 8.834%
- Dependent repos count: 10.296%
- Average: 17.744%
- Downloads: 68.15%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: pm-ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 7.4.4 (published over 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:34.567Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 1
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 16 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.832%
- Forks count: 0.961%
- Dependent packages count: 16.224%
- Average: 17.822%
- Dependent repos count: 25.328%
- Downloads: 45.763%
- Maintainers (2)
repo1.maven.org: org.webjars.bowergithub.websockets:ws
WebJar for ws
- Homepage: http://webjars.org
- Documentation: https://appdoc.app/artifact/org.webjars.bowergithub.websockets/ws/
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 5.2.2 (published almost 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:36.329Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.988%
- Forks count: 2.313%
- Average: 21.035%
- Dependent repos count: 31.98%
- Dependent packages count: 48.86%
npmjs.org: @circuitly/ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 8.13.0 (published almost 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:35.689Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 15 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.668%
- Forks count: 0.82%
- Average: 23.23%
- Dependent repos count: 37.485%
- Dependent packages count: 53.948%
- Maintainers (2)
npmjs.org: @d0v3riz/ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 8.13.0 (published almost 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:33.902Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 1
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 52 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.666%
- Forks count: 0.816%
- Average: 23.24%
- Dependent repos count: 37.226%
- Dependent packages count: 54.253%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: plasticity__ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 8.13.0 (published about 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:33.669Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 36 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Downloads: 10.57%
- Average: 23.852%
- Dependent repos count: 24.957%
- Dependent packages count: 36.029%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: @depup/ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js (with updated dependencies)
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 8.21.1-depup.0 (published 7 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:36.164Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 3
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 24 Last month
-
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 22.53%
- Average: 27.513%
- Dependent packages count: 32.495%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: @kevisual/ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 8.19.0 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:33.910Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 2
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 369 Last month
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Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 24.842%
- Average: 30.351%
- Dependent packages count: 35.861%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: @baileys-md/ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 1.0.0 (published over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:35.294Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 26 Last month
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Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 25.217%
- Average: 30.848%
- Dependent packages count: 36.48%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: ws-isomorphic
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 8.18.0-beta.4 (published over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:35.776Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 6
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 30 Last month
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Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 25.468%
- Average: 31.168%
- Dependent packages count: 36.869%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: ws-baileys-wa
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Status: unpublished
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 1.0.0 (published about 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:34.285Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 2
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 67,658 Last month
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Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 27.512%
- Average: 33.746%
- Dependent packages count: 39.98%
- Maintainers (1)
repo1.maven.org: org.mvnpm:ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Documentation: https://appdoc.app/artifact/org.mvnpm/ws/
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 8.21.0 (published 2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:33.190Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 85
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
-
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 33.518%
- Average: 40.718%
- Dependent packages count: 47.919%
npmjs.org: @hola.org/ws_embed
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 8.13.0-hola.0 (published over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:33.327Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 2
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 132 Last month
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Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 33.688%
- Average: 40.849%
- Dependent packages count: 48.011%
- Maintainers (1)
npmjs.org: ws-ilkkah
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses: MIT
- Latest release: 8.14.2 (published over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-25T10:23:35.608Z (4 days ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
- Downloads: 5 Last month
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Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 36.305%
- Average: 44.211%
- Dependent packages count: 52.118%
- Maintainers (1)
ubuntu-24.04: node-ws
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 8.11.0+~cs13.7.3-2 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-06T07:04:56.958Z (5 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-ws
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 8.18.0+~cs13.7.11-1 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-09T08:14:32.243Z (5 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
-
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
guix: node-ws
Simple WebSocket implementation for Node.js
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Documentation: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/node-xyz.scm#n4467
- Licenses: expat
- Latest release: 8.17.1 (published 5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-04-27T16:55:18.494Z (3 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%
debian-12: node-ws
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Status: removed
- Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/node-ws
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 8.11.0+~cs13.7.3-1 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-27T07:02:33.008Z (2 days 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%
debian-13: node-ws
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/trixie/node-ws
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 8.18.1+~cs14.18.2-1 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-14T08:04:31.208Z (5 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
-
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
ubuntu-22.04: node-ws
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 8.5.0+~cs13.3.3-2 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-07T17:36:07.438Z (5 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
-
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
ubuntu-23.04: node-ws
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 8.11.0+~cs13.7.3-1 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-11T11:06:03.229Z (5 months ago)
- Versions: 1
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
-
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%
debian-10: node-ws
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/buster/node-ws
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-5+deb10u1 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-07-28T10:47:59.874Z (about 15 hours 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%
debian-11: node-ws
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/node-ws
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 7.4.2+~cs18.0.8-2 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-14T00:31:13.393Z (5 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-23.10: node-ws
- Homepage: https://github.com/websockets/ws
- Licenses:
- Latest release: 8.11.0+~cs13.7.3-1 (published 6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-13T21:27:09.738Z (5 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%