html-escaper

npmv3.0.3

fast and safe way to escape and unescape &<>'" chars

Not recommended for new projects

No — html-escaper should not be adopted for new projects. Last published 2029 days ago.

AAdoption: grade A, Excellent.
79.8M downloads per week and 1 known dependents.
FMaintenance: grade F, Failing.
Last published 2029 days ago.
AWeight: grade A, Excellent.
Zero runtime dependencies, about 15 KB installed.
BSupply chain: grade B, Good.
This package has a single maintainer (bus factor of 1).
ALicense: grade A, Excellent.
MIT — permissive, with no copyleft found in the dependency tree.

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Install cost

What you actually take on by adding html-escaper to a project.

Direct dependencies

Runtime packages this one declares itself.

Total installed

Distinct packages in the full runtime tree, deduplicated the way a package manager would.

15 KB

Install size

Unpacked size of this package plus its entire runtime tree.

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Tree depth

Longest resolved dependency chain below this package.

Compatibility

Node.js: No constraint declared
Module format: ESM + CommonJS
TypeScript: No bundled types
Install scripts: None

Quick start

A usage example from the html-escaper README.

jsFull README ↗

import {escape, unescape} from 'html-escaper';

escape('string');
unescape('escaped string');

html-escaper vs the alternatives

Packages solving a similar problem in the npm ecosystem, compared on the signals that drive an adoption decision.

Package	Weekly downloads	Dependents	License	Last release
html-escaperthis page	79.8M	1	MIT	5 years ago
@nodable/entities	0	2	MIT	1 day ago
query-string	22.1M	3	MIT	1 day ago
varint	0	1	MIT	1 day ago
escape-html	0	7	MIT	1 day ago
escape-string-regexp	316.5M	8	MIT	1 day ago

Dependencies

Declared by html-escaper v3.0.3. Runtime dependencies are installed with the package; dev dependencies are not.

Dev (5)

ascjs ^5.0.1c8 ^7.6.0coveralls ^3.1.0rollup ^2.39.0uglify-es ^3.3.9

Used by

Popular packages that depend on html-escaper.

istanbul-reportsnpm

istanbul reports

↓ 0/wk◈ 6 dependents⚖ BSD-3-Clause

Relationship graph

Dependencies (left) and dependents (right) of html-escaper.

html-escaper dependencies dependents

Frequently installed together

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↓ 0/wk◈ 57 dependents⚖ MIT

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↓ 0/wk◈ 10 dependents⚖ BSD-3-Clause

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↓ 0/wk◈ 7 dependents⚖ BSD-3-Clause

Release history

No releases in the last two years, typically about 240 days apart.

Recent versions of html-escaper
Version	Published	Size	License
3.0.3latest	5 years ago	15 KB	MIT
3.0.2	5 years ago	15 KB	MIT
3.0.1	5 years ago	15 KB	MIT
3.0.0	6 years ago	13 KB	MIT
2.0.2	6 years ago	13 KB	MIT
2.0.1	6 years ago	13 KB	MIT
2.0.0	7 years ago	12 KB	MIT
1.0.1	9 years ago	—	MIT
1.0.0	11 years ago	—	MIT

Overview

html-escaper is an npm package that fast and safe way to escape and unescape &<>'" chars. It is extremely widely used, with about 79.8M downloads per week and 1 known dependents in the graph. The latest version is 3.0.3, released under the MIT license.

Who should use it

Teams working in the npm ecosystem who need fast and safe way to escape and unescape &<>'" chars and value a battle-tested, widely-adopted solution.

When not to use it

Consider an alternative if you need to have first-class TypeScript types out of the box, or if a more actively-maintained option better fits your npm stack.

Pros

Large, well-established user base (79.8M weekly downloads).
Clear open-source license (MIT).

Cons

No bundled TypeScript types (may require a separate @types package).

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Maintainers

webreflection

Keywords

decode encode entities escape html unescape

Frequently asked questions

Should I use html-escaper?

No — html-escaper should not be adopted for new projects. Last published 2029 days ago.

How do I install html-escaper?

Run `npm install html-escaper` to add html-escaper to your npm project.

What license is html-escaper released under?

html-escaper is distributed under the MIT license.

How popular is html-escaper?

html-escaper has approximately 79,754,481 downloads per week and 1 known dependent packages.

Is html-escaper still maintained?

The most recent release of html-escaper (v3.0.3) was published 5 years ago.

Does html-escaper run install scripts?

No. html-escaper does not define preinstall, install, or postinstall scripts, so installing it does not execute publisher-supplied code.