mathiasbynens/jsesc

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Given some data, jsesc returns the shortest possible stringified & ASCII-safe representation of that data.

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Dominant language: JavaScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Dec 11, 2024
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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Is this project still maintained? Any plans for a new release? Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#75 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 11, 2025
jsesc.version is wrong for latest version (3.1.0) - erroneously reports 3.0.2 Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#74 · Opened Jul 21, 2025
ESM version? Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#70 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 4, 2024
Can't we unescape? Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#68 · 1 comment · Opened May 2, 2023
Add an option to use numeric literal separators per thousands Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#67 · Opened Nov 1, 2022
Git.io deprecation notice Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#66 · Opened Apr 28, 2022
Map and Set included in JSON output Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#57 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 1, 2020
support Date objects Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#56 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 1, 2020
detect and throw on cyclic references Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#55 · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 1, 2020
use minimal form for property names when possible Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#54 · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 30, 2020
Notes source Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#49 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 11, 2019
enable escaping to extended ascii Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#47 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 27, 2018
option for forcing `longhand` Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#38 · 1 comment · Opened May 18, 2017
Empty arrays / objects Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#34 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 14, 2016
Document or remove differences between `jsesc(data, { json: true })` and `JSON.stringify(data)` Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#17 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 7, 2014
Performance for escaping strings Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#16 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 2, 2014
Expose options so they can be globally overridden Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#14 · Opened Aug 9, 2013
Regular expressions: don’t use `eval` Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#11 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 1, 2013
Don’t replace `\x08` with `\b` in regular expressions Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#10 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 1, 2013
Make `jsesc --object` accept non-JSON-formatted data as well Open

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mathiasbynens/jsesc#9 · Opened Aug 1, 2013

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