Babel-runtime versions 5.2.13 and 5.2.14 represent minor iterations in the evolution of Babel's self-contained runtime library, a crucial component for ensuring compatibility across different JavaScript environments. Both versions, released on the same day (May 5th, 2015), share the same core purpose: providing polyfills and helper functions that enable Babel-transformed code to execute smoothly, regardless of the target platform's native capabilities.
Developers using Babel rely on babel-runtime to avoid bloating their final bundles with redundant polyfills. Instead of inlining polyfills repeatedly, babel-runtime provides a single shared instance, optimizing code size and improving performance. Both 5.2.13 and 5.2.14 depend on core-js version ^0.9.0, a foundational library providing standardized implementations of ECMAScript features.
The key difference lies in the git repository URL within the package metadata; Version 5.2.14 uses *"git+https://github.com/babel/babel.git"* whereas version 5.2.13 uses *"https://github.com/babel/babel"*. This subtle variation may point to internal build or tooling adjustments within the Babel project itself. In addition, the release date for 5.2.14 is a few hours after 5.2.13. For developers already leveraging babel-runtime, upgrading from 5.2.13 to 5.2.14 is likely to be seamless. The changes between these two versions are not significant enough to cause breaking changes.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 5.2.14 of the package babel-runtime
