node-modules/utility

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Node.js utility library providing hashing functions (md5, sha1, sha256, hmac), base64 encoding/decoding, and HTML/URL escaping helpers. It supports strings, Buffers, and deterministic hashing of objects with sorted keys.

Use cases

• compute md5 or sha1 hashes of strings and buffers in node
• generate deterministic hashes of javascript objects
• base64 encode and decode strings including urlsafe variants
• escape and unescape html entities
• generate hmac signatures
• hash strings in hex or base64 output

When to choose

• you need a small, well-tested set of hashing and encoding helpers in a Node.js project
• you want deterministic object hashing with sorted keys
• you prefer a single dependency over pulling in larger crypto utility suites

When to avoid

• you only need Node's built-in crypto module and want zero dependencies
• you need cryptographic-strength password hashing (use bcrypt or argon2 instead)
• you are not working in a JavaScript/Node.js environment

Facets

library · maturity stable

cryptography serialization developer-tools developer-tools backend web-development cross-platform hashing md5 sha1 sha256 base64 html-escape npm-package typescript nodejs

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