Is Encoding Sniffer Safe?
Encoding Sniffer — Nerq Trust Score 70.5/100 (B grade). Score based on 2 independent trust signals. Last analyzed: 2026-08-17
Encoding Sniffer is a npm package with a Nerq Trust Score of 70.5/100 (B), based on 3 independent data dimensions. Last analyzed: 2026-08-17 Security: 90/100. Popularity: 100/100. Data sourced from npm registry, GitHub repository, NVD, OSV.dev, and OpenSSF Scorecard. Last updated: 2026-08-17. Machine-readable data (JSON).
Is Encoding Sniffer safe?
Trust Score Breakdown — Encoding Sniffer has a Nerq Trust Score of 70.5/100 (B). Measured across 2 independent trust signals (as of 2026-08-17).
What is Encoding Sniffer's trust score?
Encoding Sniffer has a Nerq Trust Score of 70.5/100, earning a B grade. This score is based on 2 independently measured dimensions including security, maintenance, and community adoption.
What are the key security findings for Encoding Sniffer?
Encoding Sniffer's strongest signal is popularity at 100/100. No known vulnerabilities have been detected.
What is Encoding Sniffer and who maintains it?
| Author | fb55 |
| Category | npm Packages |
| Source | N/A |
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Safety Guide: Encoding Sniffer
What is Encoding Sniffer?
Encoding Sniffer is a Node.js package — Implementation of the HTML encoding sniffer algo, with stream support.
How to Verify Safety
Run npm audit to check for vulnerabilities. Review the package's GitHub repository for recent commits.
You can also check the trust score via API: GET /v1/preflight?target=encoding-sniffer
Key Safety Concerns for Node.js package
When evaluating any Node.js package, watch for: dependency vulnerabilities, malicious packages, typosquatting.
Measured Signals
Encoding Sniffer has a Nerq Trust Score of 70/100 (B). This score is a composite of automated measurements of security, maintenance, community, and quality signals.
Key Takeaways
- Encoding Sniffer has a Trust Score of 70/100 (B).
- The score is a measured composite — it is not a suitability judgment. Evaluate the individual signals against your own requirements.
- Query the current measured values via the Nerq API.
Detailed Score Analysis
| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Security | 90/100 |
| Maintenance | 50/100 |
| Popularity | 100/100 |
| Quality | 80/100 |
| Community | 30/100 |
Based on 5 dimensions. Data from npm registry, GitHub repository, NVD, OSV.dev, and OpenSSF Scorecard.
What data does Encoding Sniffer collect?
Encoding Sniffer is a Node.js package maintained by fb55. It receives approximately 17,174,405 weekly downloads. Licensed under MIT.
As a development package, Encoding Sniffer does not directly collect end-user personal data. However, applications built with it may collect data depending on implementation. Privacy score: 80/100.
Review the package's dependencies for potential supply chain risks. Run your package manager's audit command regularly.
Full analysis: Encoding Sniffer Privacy Report · Privacy review
Is Encoding Sniffer secure?
Security score: 90/100. Encoding Sniffer has 0 known vulnerabilities (CVEs) in the National Vulnerability Database. This is a clean record.
Licensed under MIT, allowing code inspection. Open-source packages allow independent security review of the source code.
Run your package manager's audit command (`npm audit`, `pip audit`, `cargo audit`) to check for known vulnerabilities in your dependency tree.
Full analysis: Encoding Sniffer Security Report
How we calculated this score
Encoding Sniffer's trust score of 70.5/100 (B) is computed from npm registry, GitHub repository, NVD, OSV.dev, and OpenSSF Scorecard. The score reflects 5 independent dimensions: security (90/100), maintenance (50/100), popularity (100/100), quality (80/100), community (30/100). Each dimension is weighted equally to produce the composite trust score.
Nerq analyzes over 7.5 million entities across 26 registries using the same methodology, enabling direct cross-entity comparison. Scores are updated continuously as new data becomes available.
Signals last measured on August 17, 2026. Data version: 1.0.
Full methodology documentation · Machine-readable data (JSON API)
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