> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://bryan-guner.gitbook.io/my-docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://bryan-guner.gitbook.io/my-docs/redux/repos/examples/real-world/node_modules/node-libs-browser.md).

# node-libs-browser

The node core libs for in-browser usage.

NOTE: This library is deprecated and won't accept Pull Requests that include Breaking Changes or new Features. Only bugfixes are accepted.

[![dependencies status](http://david-dm.org/webpack/node-libs-browser.png)](http://david-dm.org/webpack/node-libs-browser)

Exports a hash \[object] of absolute paths to each lib, keyed by lib names. Modules without browser replacements are `null`.

Some modules have mocks in the `mock` directory. These are replacements with minimal functionality.

|     lib name    |                                     browser implementation                                    |                                   mock implementation                                  |
| :-------------: | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|      assert     |       [defunctzombie/commonjs-assert](https://github.com/defunctzombie/commonjs-assert)       |                                           ---                                          |
|      buffer     |                       [feross/buffer](https://github.com/feross/buffer)                       |  [buffer.js](https://github.com/webpack/node-libs-browser/blob/master/mock/buffer.js)  |
|  child\_process |                                              ---                                              |                                           ---                                          |
|     cluster     |                                              ---                                              |                                           ---                                          |
|     console     |           [Raynos/console-browserify](https://github.com/Raynos/console-browserify)           | [console.js](https://github.com/webpack/node-libs-browser/blob/master/mock/console.js) |
|    constants    |   [juliangruber/constants-browserify](https://github.com/juliangruber/constants-browserify)   |                                           ---                                          |
|      crypto     | [crypto-browserify/crypto-browserify](https://github.com/crypto-browserify/crypto-browserify) |                                           ---                                          |
|      dgram      |                                              ---                                              |                                           ---                                          |
|       dns       |                                              ---                                              |     [dns.js](https://github.com/webpack/node-libs-browser/blob/master/mock/dns.js)     |
|      domain     |                [bevry/domain-browser](https://github.com/bevry/domain-browser)                |                                           ---                                          |
|      events     |                       [Gozala/events](https://github.com/Gozala/events)                       |                                           ---                                          |
|        fs       |                                              ---                                              |                                           ---                                          |
|       http      |                 [jhiesey/stream-http](https://github.com/jhiesey/stream-http)                 |                                           ---                                          |
|      https      |           [substack/https-browserify](https://github.com/substack/https-browserify)           |                                           ---                                          |
|      module     |                                              ---                                              |                                           ---                                          |
|       net       |                                              ---                                              |     [net.js](https://github.com/webpack/node-libs-browser/blob/master/mock/net.js)     |
|        os       |            [CoderPuppy/os-browserify](https://github.com/CoderPuppy/os-browserify)            |                                           ---                                          |
|       path      |            [substack/path-browserify](https://github.com/substack/path-browserify)            |                                           ---                                          |
|     process     |               [shtylman/node-process](https://github.com/shtylman/node-process)               | [process.js](https://github.com/webpack/node-libs-browser/blob/master/mock/process.js) |
|     punycode    |                [bestiejs/punycode.js](https://github.com/bestiejs/punycode.js)                |                                           ---                                          |
|   querystring   |         [mike-spainhower/querystring](https://github.com/mike-spainhower/querystring)         |                                           ---                                          |
|     readline    |                                              ---                                              |                                           ---                                          |
|       repl      |                                              ---                                              |                                           ---                                          |
|      stream     |          [substack/stream-browserify](https://github.com/substack/stream-browserify)          |                                           ---                                          |
| string\_decoder |                [rvagg/string\_decoder](https://github.com/rvagg/string_decoder)               |                                           ---                                          |
|       sys       |             [defunctzombie/node-util](https://github.com/defunctzombie/node-util)             |                                           ---                                          |
|      timers     |            [jryans/timers-browserify](https://github.com/jryans/timers-browserify)            |                                           ---                                          |
|       tls       |                                              ---                                              |     [tls.js](https://github.com/webpack/node-libs-browser/blob/master/mock/tls.js)     |
|       tty       |             [substack/tty-browserify](https://github.com/substack/tty-browserify)             |     [tty.js](https://github.com/webpack/node-libs-browser/blob/master/mock/tty.js)     |
|       url       |              [defunctzombie/node-url](https://github.com/defunctzombie/node-url)              |                                           ---                                          |
|       util      |             [defunctzombie/node-util](https://github.com/defunctzombie/node-util)             |                                           ---                                          |
|        vm       |              [substack/vm-browserify](https://github.com/substack/vm-browserify)              |                                           ---                                          |
|       zlib      |         [devongovett/browserify-zlib](https://github.com/devongovett/browserify-zlib)         |                                           ---                                          |

## Outdated versions

### `buffer`

The current `buffer` implementation uses feross/buffer\@4.x because feross/buffer\@5.x relies on [typed arrays](https://github.com/feross/buffer/commit/5daca86b7cd5d2b8ccb167534d47421029f639e9#commitcomment-19698936). This will be dropped as soon as IE9 is not a typical browser target anymore.

### `punycode`

The current `punycode` implementation uses bestiejs/punycode.<js@1.x> because bestiejs/punycode.<js@2.x> requires modern JS engines that understand `const` and `let`. It will be removed someday since it has already been [deprecated from the node API](https://nodejs.org/api/punycode.html).

## License

MIT


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