Gathering detailed insights and metrics for defaults
Gathering detailed insights and metrics for defaults
Installations
npm install defaultsDeveloper Guide
BETA
Typescript
Yes
Module System
ESM
Min. Node Version
>=18
Node Version
18.17.1
NPM Version
9.2.0
Score
99.8
Supply Chain
85.3
Quality
75.4
Maintenance
100
Vulnerability
100
License
Releases
5
Languages
2
JavaScript
TypeScript
JavaScript (67.62%)
TypeScript (32.38%)
Developer
sindresorhus
Download Statistics
Total Downloads
3,955,703,280
Last Day
1,295,155
Last Week
25,553,386
Last Month
110,490,113
Last Year
1,142,162,977
GitHub Statistics
MIT License
75 Stars
22 Commits
7 Forks
2 Watchers
1 Branches
4 Contributors
Updated on Jun 17, 2025
Bundle Size
759.00 B
Minified
442.00 B
Minified + Gzipped
Sponsor this package
Maintainers
1
Package Meta Information
Latest Version
3.0.0
Package Id
defaults@3.0.0
Unpacked Size
5.52 kB
Size
2.43 kB
File Count
5
NPM Version
9.2.0
Node Version
18.17.1
Published on
Oct 18, 2023
Total Downloads
Cumulative downloads
Total Downloads
3,955,703,280
Last Day
-7.1%
1,295,155
Compared to previous day
Last Week
-7.6%
25,553,386
Compared to previous week
Last Month
-1.2%
110,490,113
Compared to previous month
Last Year
22.7%
1,142,162,977
Compared to previous year
Weekly Downloads
Monthly Downloads
Yearly Downloads
defaults
Easily handle defaults for your options
Install
1npm install defaults
Usage
1import defaults from 'defaults'; 2 3const calculate = options => { 4 options = defaults(options, { 5 timeout: { 6 before: 100, 7 after: 100 8 } 9 }); 10 11 console.log(options); 12 //=> {timeout: {before: 200, after: 100}} 13 14 // … 15} 16 17// … 18 19calculate({timeout: {before: 200}});
API
defaults(options, defaultOptions?)
Deeply merges the given options with the specified defaults and returns a new object.
The given parameters are deep-cloned and never mutated.
options
Type: object
The user-provided options.
If the value is not a plain object, a new plain object will be used instead.
defaultOptions
Type: object | undefined
The default options to use when a value is not provided in the options object.
FAQ
Why use this over object-spread?
- Does not overwrite options if they are not defined in the
optionsobject - Supports deep merging of objects
- Provides protection against prototype pollution attacks
No vulnerabilities found.
Reason
no dangerous workflow patterns detected
Reason
no binaries found in the repo
Reason
security policy file detected
Details
- Info: security policy file detected: .github/security.md:1
- Info: Found linked content: .github/security.md:1
- Info: Found disclosure, vulnerability, and/or timelines in security policy: .github/security.md:1
- Info: Found text in security policy: .github/security.md:1
Reason
0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Reason
license file detected
Details
- Info: project has a license file: license:0
- Info: FSF or OSI recognized license: MIT License: license:0
Reason
Found 3/21 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1
Reason
0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
Reason
detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
Details
- Warn: no topLevel permission defined: .github/workflows/main.yml:1
- Info: no jobLevel write permissions found
Reason
dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/main.yml:16: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/sindresorhus/node-defaults/main.yml/main?enable=pin
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/main.yml:17: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/sindresorhus/node-defaults/main.yml/main?enable=pin
- Warn: npmCommand not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/main.yml:21
- Info: 0 out of 2 GitHub-owned GitHubAction dependencies pinned
- Info: 0 out of 1 npmCommand dependencies pinned
Reason
no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
Reason
project is not fuzzed
Details
- Warn: no fuzzer integrations found
Reason
branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
Details
- Warn: branch protection not enabled for branch 'main'
Reason
SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: 0 commits out of 4 are checked with a SAST tool
Score
4.2
/10
Last Scanned on 2025-06-23
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