decimal.js-light is the light version of decimal.js, providing an arbitrary-precision Decimal type for JavaScript. It’s useful when you want big number support with a smaller footprint, with an API that is mostly a subset of decimal.js.
Project status
- The source does not show active maintenance signals in the evidence provided, with the last known upstream push on 2024-04-24 and the most recent documented updates occurring much earlier (v2.5.1 on 2020-09-30), indicating a quiet or maintenance mode state as of 2026-08-12.
- Update cadence appears very low based on documented versions, with multi-year gaps between updates (for example, 2018-10-16 to 2020-09-30 in the provided history), and no evidence of regular releases.
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Recent updates
v2.5.1
This release bumps decimal.js-light from v2.5.0 to v2.5.1 and updates build/version headers. The only functional code change appears to be a modification to the square root (P.sqrt) initial estimate logic, plus CI and metadata updates.
v2.5.0
This release bumps decimal.js-light from v2.4.1 to v2.5.0. The code changes are small, centered on packaging and developer ergonomics, specifically TypeScript typings and Node.js custom inspection behavior.
Featuresv2.4.1
Release v2.4.1 was published on 2018-05-24, but no release notes were provided by the publisher. As a result, there is no stated information about new features, fixes, security updates, or breaking changes in the release notes.