Is safe-buffer safe to use?

safe-buffer has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (5.2.1). DepScope rates its health at 65/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of safe-buffer?

The latest version of safe-buffer is 5.2.1, released 2020-05-10.

Does safe-buffer have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of safe-buffer.

Is safe-buffer deprecated?

No, safe-buffer is actively maintained. Latest release: 5.2.1 (2020-05-10).

What are alternatives to safe-buffer?

Popular alternatives to safe-buffer in npm include: ?, semver, minimatch, debug, brace-expansion.

What license does safe-buffer use?

safe-buffer is licensed under MIT.

safe-buffer

npmv5.2.1

Safer Node.js Buffer API

License MITpermissive11 versions2 maintainers0 deps268,919,138 weekly dl

feross/safe-buffer

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (65/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (65/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

0/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

5/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

0.9 KBminified

0.4 KB gzipped

0 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

0

Primary author dominance

0%

GitHub stars

351

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.80critical

Download trend

stable(+0.9%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

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