# Install pbf with npm

a low-level, lightweight protocol buffers implementation in JavaScript. Version 5.1.0 via npm; verified 2026-05-29.

## 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:** 5.1.0
- **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-5.1.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/mapbox/pbf/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-29T09:24:52.074Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T09:24:52.074Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+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: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 5.1.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-29
- 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. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 5.1.0
- **Version Count:** 35
- **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:** mbx-npm-07-production
- **Integrity:** sha512-Wv0yo0+uZepnoNEKsquhar1F18LogB8oeEikIhUXG16udbiXG7JecHGySwoo6kuMgjmbQYzdrTZlO+/K9t8eZg==
- **Shasum:** 669221946f675ea6e893743b34f2d68d1f7b6c12
- **Unpacked Size:** 87,739
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-01-14T22:26:24.587Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-29T09:24:52.074Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-29T09:24:52.332Z


## Related links

- [MCP tool packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/mcp-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [msgpack-lite](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/msgpack-lite/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: buffer, decoder, encoder, javascript.
- [multicast-dns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/multicast-dns/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: implementation, javascript, level, low.
- [protoc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/protoc/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: buffer, buffers, protobuf, protocol.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph