buffer-layout
Binary data serialization library for encoding/decoding structured buffers.
Utilities npm MIT
Used in agent projects
35
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#65 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
575K
npm, last 7 days, buffer-layout
GitHub stars
30
last push Dec 28, 2022
How buffer-layout is used
buffer-layout is a dependency in 35 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #65 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use Solana Web3.js (100.0%), Solana SPL Token (65.7%), bn.js (51.4%).
Often used with buffer-layout
| Solana Web3.js | 100.0% of buffer-layout projects · 6.0× more than average |
|---|---|
| Solana SPL Token | 65.7% of buffer-layout projects · 9.0× more than average |
| bn.js | 51.4% of buffer-layout projects · 30.1× more than average |
| Axios | 40.0% of buffer-layout projects · 4.0× more than average |
| react-scripts | 28.6% of buffer-layout projects · 15.7× more than average |
| ts-node | 28.6% of buffer-layout projects · 4.2× more than average |
| Solana Wallet Adapter | 25.7% of buffer-layout projects · 6.0× more than average |
| Prettier | 40.0% of buffer-layout projects · 2.3× more than average |
Install
| Package | npm install buffer-layout |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (32), Next.js (2), React Native / Expo (1) |
| Example projects | flutternft/solana-nft-sales-tracker, jsoneaday/solana-chat-app, blockworks-foundation/market-maker-ts, Tee-py/raydium-scripts, 1sol-io/1sol-interface |
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