es6-symbol provides a polyfill for the ECMAScript 6 Symbol primitive. It's crucial for environments lacking native Symbol support, ensuring compatibility across browsers and Node.js versions. This package allows developers to use Symbols for unique object properties without clashes, enhancing code organization and preventing accidental property overrides. Utilizing es6-symbol enables access to well-known Symbol properties critical for customizing built-in JavaScript behaviors. Consider this when targetting ES5 environments.
The npm package es6-symbol had infrequent releases. Initial activity occurred in 2013-2015, with several versions released, including versions 0.0.0, 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 1.0.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 3.0.0, 3.0.1 and 3.0.2. Releases became sparse after 2015, with only versions 3.1.0 in 2016, 3.1.1 in 2017, 3.1.2 and 3.1.3 in 2019, and 3.1.4 in March 2024. No releases have occurred since March 2024.
From March 2024 to August 2025, the npm package es6-symbol experienced fluctuating download numbers. Starting around 40 million, downloads generally trended upwards, peaking in July 2025 at 52 million. August 2025 saw a significant drop to 39 million, possibly indicating a change in usage, but the data for September is incomplete.
