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@types/node-forge
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@types/node-forge
TypeScript definitions for node-forge
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npm install --save @types/node-forge
Summary
This package contains type definitions for node-forge (https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge).
Details
Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/node-forge.
Additional Details
- Last updated: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:41:19 GMT
- Dependencies: @types/node
Credits
These definitions were written by Seth Westphal , Kay Schecker , Aakash Goenka , Rafal2228 , Beeno Tung , Joe Flateau , timhwang21 , Anders Kaseorg , Sascha Zarhuber , Rogier Schouten , Ivan Aseev , Wiktor Kwapisiewicz, Ligia Frangello , Dmitry Avezov , Jose Fuentes , Anya Reyes , and BendingBender .
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TypeScript definitions for node-forge
The npm package @types/node-forge receives a total of 9,021,402 weekly downloads. As such, @types/node-forge popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @types/node-forge demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 20 Aug 2025
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