Safer-buffer mitigates potential security vulnerabilities related to Buffer usage in Node.js. It replicates the Node.js Buffer API but implements bounds checking and sanitization to prevent common exploits such as buffer overflows. This package ensures safer data handling, especially when dealing with untrusted input. By explicitly controlling buffer creation and access, safer-buffer helps developers write more secure and reliable Node.js applications, reducing the risk of memory corruption and related security issues.
The npm package safer-buffer had releases in March (4 versions) and April (2 versions) of 2018. Since May 2018, there have been no new releases. The last recorded data point is September 2025, and there were no releases in the preceding months spanning over 7 years. The package appears to be inactive.
Safer-buffer npm package downloads show a strong upward trend from March 2024 to August 2025, peaking in July 2025 at 287 million. However, September 2025 downloads are significantly lower at 82 million, likely due to the month being incomplete as of today, September 10, 2025.
