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utf-8-validate is a utility for checking if a buffer contains valid UTF-8 encoded text. It is useful in applications that handle text data to ensure the integrity of UTF-8 encoding. This package can help prevent errors related to invalid text encoding in buffers.
- lurq health score
- 61/100
- Confidence
- proven
- Weekly downloads
- 4,926,846
- Latest version
- 6.0.6
- Last release
- Dec 18, 2025
- License
- MIT
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