Safer-buffer is a polyfill that provides a “modern” Buffer API for Node.js, targeting compatibility from older Node.js versions (0.8) up to current. It is useful when you need to port code to Buffer.alloc and Buffer.from while still running on outdated Node.js, using require('safer-buffer').Buffer in the files that call the new API.
Project status
- The repository is not actively maintained as of today, with the last upstream push on 2021-04-22, and the most recent tagged updates dating back to 2018 (v2.1.2, v2.1.1, v2.1.0). This is consistent with a quiet or maintenance mode state.
- The apparent update cadence is no longer active, with a multi-year gap from the latest observed updates (2018) to the last upstream push (2021), and nothing since then as of 2026-06-09.
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Recent updates
v2.1.2
This release (v2.1.2) makes small internal changes to how the library computes and exposes buffer length constants, and it adds a new Browserify-based test script. CI configuration is also adjusted to run the Browserify test on the stable Node channel. No release notes were provided for this version.
Featuresv2.1.1
This release (v2.1.1) addresses an issue related to Browserify integration. If you rely on bundling with browserify, this update should improve compatibility.
v2.1.0
Release v2.1.0 was published on 2018-03-21, but the publisher did not provide any release notes. No documented changes, fixes, or upgrade guidance are available from the provided material.