better-require 0.0.3
require('better-require')('json yaml') lets you load JSON and YAML files using require syntax. For example: var config = require('./config.json'); Extensions available are: json, yaml.
better-require@0.0.3 was published on 2013-06-06. Its manifest declares 8 runtime dependencies and 0 peer requirements. Bundled type declarations are not declared in the inspected metadata. No Node.js engine requirement is declared in this manifest.
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Package specifications
| Version | 0.0.3 |
|---|---|
| License declaration | BSD |
| Published | 2013-06-06T17:57:08.663Z |
| Node.js requirement | Not declared |
| Type declarations | Not declared |
| Runtime dependency count | 8 |
| Peer requirement count | 0 |
| Optional dependency count | 0 |
| Minified size | Measurement not available yet |
| Minified + gzip | Measurement not available yet |
| Unpacked distribution size | Not supplied |
| Published file count | Not supplied |
| Package type | Not declared |
| ES module entry | Not declared |
| Default entry | index.js |
| Side effects declaration | Not declared |
| Direct advisories | 0 |
| Resolved graph dependencies | 28 |
| Repository stars | 76 |
| Repository forks | 7 |
Install better-require 0.0.3
npm install better-require@0.0.3 pnpm add better-require@0.0.3 yarn add better-require@0.0.3
Runtime dependencies
Peer requirements
- None declared
Optional dependencies
- None declared
Resolved dependency graph
This deps.dev graph describes a generic 64-bit Linux environment, not your application lockfile.
- argparse@3.0.4 — indirect
- bindings@1.5.0 — indirect
- coffee-script@1.12.7 — direct
- colors@1.4.0 — direct
- csv2array@0.0.4 — indirect
- escodegen@0.0.15 — indirect
- esprima@4.0.1 — indirect
- esprima-six-jpike@1.1.1-dev-harmony — indirect
- file-uri-to-path@1.0.0 — indirect
- hoek@4.3.1 — indirect
- hoek@5.0.4 — indirect
- hoek@6.1.3 — indirect
- isemail@3.2.0 — indirect
- joi@13.7.0 — indirect
- js-yaml@5.5.0 — indirect
- nan@2.30.0 — indirect
- node-expat@2.4.1 — indirect
- node-ini@1.0.0 — indirect
- punycode@2.3.1 — indirect
- require-csv@0.0.1 — direct
- require-ini@0.0.1 — direct
- require-json@0.0.1 — direct
- require-xml@0.0.1 — direct
- require-yaml@0.0.1 — direct
- six@0.0.12 — direct
- source-map@0.8.0 — indirect
- topo@3.0.3 — indirect
- xml2json@0.12.0 — indirect
How to interpret the specifications
Bundlephobia measurements use its standard package build and may exclude peer dependencies. Unpacked npm distribution size includes shipped files and is a different measurement. Module declarations do not prove tree-shaking or runtime compatibility.
Advisories apply to this package version directly; transitive dependencies need separate inspection. Repository signals describe the whole repository and are current observations, including on historical-version pages.
OpenSSF repository checks
Provider assessment: 2026-08-24T00:00:00Z. These are repository checks, not a jsL maintenance score.
| Binary-Artifacts | 10/10 — no binaries found in the repo |
|---|---|
| Maintained | 0/10 — project is archived |
| Code-Review | 0/10 — Found 2/26 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
| CII-Best-Practices | 0/10 — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| Security-Policy | 0/10 — security policy file not detected |
| Fuzzing | 0/10 — project is not fuzzed |
| License | 10/10 — license file detected |
| Branch-Protection | 0/10 — branch protection not enabled on development/release branches |
| SAST | 0/10 — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0 |
Evidence and freshness
- https://registry.npmjs.org/better-require/0.0.3 — retrieved 2026-10-30T11:17:07.147Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/better-require/versions/0.0.3 — retrieved 2026-10-30T11:17:07.613Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/better-require/versions/0.0.3:dependencies — retrieved 2026-10-30T11:17:07.624Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/projects/github.com%2Folalonde%2Fbetter-require — retrieved 2026-10-30T11:17:08.086Z