Braces is a powerful and efficient JavaScript library for expanding brace expressions, similar to Bash brace expansion. It allows you to generate a complete set of strings by expanding patterns containing characters like curly braces, commas, and ranges. Useful for tasks like generating file lists, URL permutations, or configuration settings. Braces offers customizable options for escaping, nesting, and handling different brace styles, making it a versatile tool. It’s known for its speed and extensive test coverage, ensuring reliability in various scenarios.
The npm package "braces" saw its most active release period in 2014-2017, with a high of 8 versions in January 2015. Releases became infrequent after 2017, with only single versions appearing sporadically, the last one in May 2024. There have been no releases in the first eight months of 2025.
Braces npm package downloads show a generally increasing trend from March 2024 to August 2025. There was a peak in June and July 2025. September 2025 data is incomplete, but indicates possible significat drop compared with summer.
