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Security issues found

All security vulnerabilities belong to production dependencies of direct and indirect packages.

Security and license risk for significant versions

All Versions

Version				Vulnerabilities	License Risk
4.3.2	\|	10/2024	Popular	1 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 1 M 0 L

License

LGPL-3.0

Non-Permissive License

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Security Policy

Yes

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Popularity

Small

Weekly Downloads (62)

GitHub Stars: 19.95K
Forks: 5.08K
Contributors: -

Direct Usage Popularity

The npm package web3util receives a total of 62 downloads a week. As such, we scored web3util popularity level to be Small.

Based on project statistics from the GitHub repository for the npm package web3util, we found that it has been starred 19,955 times.

Downloads are calculated as moving averages for a period of the last 12 months, excluding weekends and known missing data points.

Community

Sustainable

Readme.md: Yes
Contributing.md: Yes
Code of Conduct: Yes
Contributors: 0
Funding: No

This project has seen only 10 or less contributors.

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Maintenance

Inactive

archived

Commit Frequency

Open Issues: 144
Open PR: 0
Last Release: 1 year ago
Last Commit: 11 months ago

Further analysis of the maintenance status of web3util based on released npm versions cadence, the repository activity, and other data points determined that its maintenance is Inactive.

An important project maintenance signal to consider for web3util is that it hasn't seen any new versions released to npm in the past 12 months, and could be considered as a discontinued project, or that which receives low attention from its maintainers.

In the past month we didn't find any pull request activity or change in issues status has been detected for the GitHub repository.

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Package

Node.js Compatibility: >=14

Age: 1 year
Dependencies: 7 Direct
Versions: 2
Install Size: 547 kB
Dist-tags: 1
# of Files: 142
Maintainers: 1
TS Typings: No

web3util has more than a single and default latest tag published for the npm package. This means, there may be other tags available for this package, such as next to indicate future releases, or stable to indicate stable releases.

Readme

web3-utils

This is a sub-package of web3.js.

web3-utils This contains useful utility functions for Dapp developers.

Installation

You can install the package either using NPM or using Yarn

Using NPM

npm install web3-utils

Using Yarn

yarn add web3-utils

Usage

const Web3Utils = require('web3-utils');
console.log(Web3Utils);
{
    sha3: function(){},
    soliditySha3: function(){},
    isAddress: function(){},
    ...
}

Getting Started

✍️ If you have questions submit an issue or join us on Discord

Prerequisites

⚙️ NodeJS (LTS/Fermium)
🧰 Yarn/Lerna

Package.json Scripts

Script	Description
clean	Uses `rimraf` to remove `dist/`
build	Uses `tsc` to build package and dependent packages
lint	Uses `eslint` to lint package
lint:fix	Uses `eslint` to check and fix any warnings
format	Uses `prettier` to format the code
test	Uses `jest` to run unit tests
test:integration	Uses `jest` to run tests under `/test/integration`
test:unit	Uses `jest` to run tests under `/test/unit`

web3util dependencies

ethereum-cryptography eventemitter3 web3-errors web3-types web3-validator axios ethers

web3util development dependencies

@humeris/espresso-shot @types/jest @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin @typescript-eslint/parser eslint eslint-config-base-web3 eslint-config-prettier eslint-plugin-import jest jest-environment-jsdom jest-extended js-sha3 prettier ts-jest typescript

FAQs

What is web3util?

Collection of utility functions used in web3.js. Visit Snyk Advisor to see a full health score report for web3util, including popularity, security, maintenance & community analysis.

Is web3util popular?

The npm package web3util receives a total of 62 weekly downloads. As such, web3util popularity was classified as small. Visit the popularity section on Snyk Advisor to see the full health analysis.

Is web3util well maintained?

We found indications that web3util is an Inactive project. See the full package health analysis to learn more about the package maintenance status.

Is web3util safe to use?

Security issues were found while scanning the latest version of web3util, and a total of 1 vulnerabilities were detected. It is highly advised to conduct a security review before using this package. View the full security scan results.

Last updated on 5 December-2025, at 06:25 (UTC).

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Collection of utility functions used in web3.js. For more information about how to use this package see README

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web3-utils

Installation

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Usage

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web3-utils

Installation

Using NPM

Using Yarn

Usage

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Package.json Scripts

web3util dependencies

web3util development dependencies

FAQs

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