Is bufferutil safe to use?

bufferutil has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.1.0). DepScope rates its health at 69/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of bufferutil?

The latest version of bufferutil is 4.1.0, released 2025-12-18.

Does bufferutil have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of bufferutil.

Is bufferutil deprecated?

No, bufferutil is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.1.0 (2025-12-18).

What are alternatives to bufferutil?

Popular alternatives to bufferutil in npm include: ?, ansi-styles, semver, brace-expansion, ms.

What license does bufferutil use?

bufferutil is licensed under MIT.

bufferutil

npmv4.1.0

WebSocket buffer utils

License MITpermissive26 versions1 maintainers1 deps6,645,424 weekly dl

websockets/bufferutil

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (69/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (69/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

3.5 KBminified

1.6 KB gzipped

1 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

0/10untyped

No type definitions available

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.75critical

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

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Dependencies (1)

node-gyp-build

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