# Install pbf with npm

a low-level, lightweight protocol buffers implementation in JavaScript. Version 5.1.2 via npm; verified 2026-07-09.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:pbf
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g pbf
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:pbf
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/pbf>
- **Version:** 5.1.2
- **Source summary:** a low-level, lightweight protocol buffers implementation in JavaScript
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mapbox/pbf>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mapbox/pbf>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/mapbox/pbf>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/pbf/-/pbf-5.1.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/mapbox/pbf/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-09T14:58:35.904Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-09T14:58:35.904Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- pbf (cli)
- pbf (alias)

## Dependencies

- resolve-protobuf-schema

## Build dependencies

- @rollup/plugin-terser
- benchmark
- eslint
- eslint-config-mourner
- protobufjs
- protocol-buffers
- rollup
- typescript

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 5.1.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-09
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/mapbox/pbf
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for pbf. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 5.1.2
- **Version Count:** 37
- **Maintainers:** mapbox-npm-01, mapbox-npm-02, mapbox-npm-07, mapbox-npm-03, mapbox-npm-04, mapbox-npm-09, mapbox-npm-05, mapbox-npm-06, mapbox-npm-08, mapbox-npm-advanced-actions, mapbox-npm-ci, mapbox-npm
- **Author:** Konstantin Kaefer
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Integrity:** sha512-mnvGdvOrIvJOBGUEdGkrVXjN8E/VkIJCkf2eS1DH2yv82ORUlLttmDt0rWY38yYZmVwciZwBUvHM20qxBZf40w==
- **Shasum:** 07c427819eda32f02f1ec9741558f61444f2e1c0
- **Unpacked Size:** 90,141
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-01-14T22:26:24.587Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-09T14:58:35.904Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-09T14:58:36.503Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [protocol-buffers](https://pkg.so/npm/protocol-buffers/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: buffers, cli, data, javascript, protobuf.
- [protodef-validator](https://pkg.so/npm/protodef-validator/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, data, javascript, protobuf, protocol.
- [protoscript](https://pkg.so/npm/protoscript/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: buffers, cli, data, javascript, protobuf.

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