Gathering detailed insights and metrics for string_decoder
Gathering detailed insights and metrics for string_decoder
'string_decoder' module from Node.js core
Installations
npm install string_decoderDeveloper Guide
BETA
Typescript
No
Module System
CommonJS
Node Version
10.16.0
NPM Version
6.10.2
Score
99.8
Supply Chain
81.7
Quality
80.3
Maintenance
100
Vulnerability
100
License
Releases
4
Languages
1
JavaScript
JavaScript (100%)
Developer
nodejs
Download Statistics
Total Downloads
24,200,786,303
Last Day
7,221,753
Last Week
122,255,412
Last Month
525,360,639
Last Year
5,749,382,202
GitHub Statistics
NOASSERTION License
35 Stars
55 Commits
20 Forks
13 Watchers
4 Branches
38 Contributors
Updated on Jun 06, 2025
Bundle Size
4.43 kB
Minified
1.41 kB
Minified + Gzipped
Maintainers
1
Package Meta Information
Latest Version
1.3.0
Package Id
string_decoder@1.3.0
Size
4.51 kB
NPM Version
6.10.2
Node Version
10.16.0
Published on
Aug 07, 2019
Total Downloads
Cumulative downloads
Total Downloads
24,200,786,303
Last Day
-0.7%
7,221,753
Compared to previous day
Last Week
-6.3%
122,255,412
Compared to previous week
Last Month
2.8%
525,360,639
Compared to previous month
Last Year
13.1%
5,749,382,202
Compared to previous year
Weekly Downloads
Monthly Downloads
Yearly Downloads
Dependencies
1
Dev Dependencies
4
string_decoder
Node-core v8.9.4 string_decoder for userland
1npm install --save string_decoder
Node-core string_decoder for userland
This package is a mirror of the string_decoder implementation in Node-core.
Full documentation may be found on the Node.js website.
As of version 1.0.0 string_decoder uses semantic versioning.
Previous versions
Previous version numbers match the versions found in Node core, e.g. 0.10.24 matches Node 0.10.24, likewise 0.11.10 matches Node 0.11.10.
Update
The build/ directory contains a build script that will scrape the source from the nodejs/node repo given a specific Node version.
Streams Working Group
string_decoder is maintained by the Streams Working Group, which
oversees the development and maintenance of the Streams API within
Node.js. The responsibilities of the Streams Working Group include:
- Addressing stream issues on the Node.js issue tracker.
- Authoring and editing stream documentation within the Node.js project.
- Reviewing changes to stream subclasses within the Node.js project.
- Redirecting changes to streams from the Node.js project to this project.
- Assisting in the implementation of stream providers within Node.js.
- Recommending versions of
readable-streamto be included in Node.js. - Messaging about the future of streams to give the community advance notice of changes.
See readable-stream for more details.
No vulnerabilities found.
Reason
no binaries found in the repo
Reason
0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Reason
security policy file detected
Details
- Info: security policy file detected: github.com/nodejs/.github/SECURITY.md:1
- Info: Found linked content: github.com/nodejs/.github/SECURITY.md:1
- Info: Found disclosure, vulnerability, and/or timelines in security policy: github.com/nodejs/.github/SECURITY.md:1
- Info: Found text in security policy: github.com/nodejs/.github/SECURITY.md:1
Reason
license file detected
Details
- Info: project has a license file: LICENSE:0
- Warn: project license file does not contain an FSF or OSI license.
Reason
Found 6/20 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3
Reason
0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
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 17 are checked with a SAST tool
Score
4.3
/10
Last Scanned on 2025-06-30
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