Core-js is a foundational JavaScript library that provides polyfills for modern JavaScript features, ensuring compatibility across different environments. Versions 3.10.1 and 3.10.0, while seemingly close, offer distinct characteristics for developers. Both maintain the same MIT license and repository structure on GitHub, and are funded through Open Collective, reflecting their commitment to open-source principles.
The key difference lies in their release dates and unpacked size. Version 3.10.1, released on April 7, 2021, followed version 3.10.0, released a week earlier on March 31, 2021. While both versions have an identical file count of 1771 within the distribution, version 3.10.1 presented a slightly smaller unpacked size of 718,386 bytes compared to 3.10.0's 718,740 bytes. This minor size reduction could indicate optimizations or bug fixes implemented in the newer version.
Developers should prefer the latest stable release, 3.10.1, to benefit from the most recent improvements and potential bug fixes, while keeping similar important details of the library like the file count, the license and the funding model. Even if the file size does not appear to be a great advantage, the bug fixes and little improvements are important to keep your code stable and follow the official core-js development.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 3.10.1 of the package core-js