std/README.md

Deno Standard Library

High-quality APIs for Deno and the web. Use fearlessly.

Get Started

import { copy } from "https://deno.land/std@$STD_VERSION/fs/copy.ts";

await copy("./foo", "./bar");

See here for recommended usage patterns.

Documentation

Check out the documentation here.

Recommended Usage

1. Include the version of the library in the import specifier.

   Good:

   import { copy } from "https://deno.land/std@$STD_VERSION/fs/copy.ts";
   

2. Only import modules that you require.

   Bad (when using only one function):

   import * as fs from "https://deno.land/std@$STD_VERSION/fs/mod.ts";
   

   Good (when using only one function):

   import { copy } from "https://deno.land/std@$STD_VERSION/fs/copy.ts";
   

   Good (when using multiple functions):

   import * as fs from "https://deno.land/std@$STD_VERSION/fs/mod.ts";
   

3. Do not import symbols with a name prefixed by an underscore (they're not intended for public use).

   Bad:

   import { _format } from "https://deno.land/std@$STD_VERSION/path/_common/format.ts";
   

4. Do not import modules with a directory or filename prefixed by an underscore (they're not intended for public use).

   Bad:

   import { createLPS } from "https://deno.land/std@$STD_VERSION/streams/_common.ts";
   

   Good:

   import { TextLineStream } from "https://deno.land/std@$STD_VERSION/streams/text_line_stream.ts";
   

5. Do not import test modules or test data.

   Bad:

   import { test } from "https://deno.land/std@$STD_VERSION/front_matter/test.ts";
   

Stability

Sub-module	Status
archive	Unstable
assert	Stable
async	Stable
bytes	Stable
cli	Unstable
collections	Stable
console	Unstable
crypto	Stable
csv	Stable
data_structures	Unstable
datetime	Unstable
dotenv	Unstable
encoding	Stable
expect	Unstable
flags	Unstable
fmt	Stable
front_matter	Stable
fs	Stable
html	Unstable
http	Unstable
ini	Unstable
io	Unstable
json	Stable
jsonc	Stable
log	Unstable
media_types	Stable
msgpack	Unstable
net	Unstable
path	Stable
permissions	Deprecated
regexp	Unstable
semver	Unstable
streams	Stable
testing	Stable
text	Unstable
toml	Stable
ulid	Unstable
url	Unstable
uuid	Stable
webgpu	Unstable
yaml	Stable

For background and discussions regarding the stability of the following sub-modules, see #3489.

Design

Minimal Exports

Files are structured to minimize the number of dependencies they incur and the amount of effort required to manage them, both for the maintainer and the user. In most cases, only a single function or class, alongside its related types, are exported. In other cases, functions that incur negligible dependency overhead will be grouped together in the same file.

Deprecation Policy

We deprecate the APIs in the Standard Library when they get covered by new JavaScript language APIs or new Web Standard APIs. These APIs are usually removed after 3 minor versions.

If you still need to use such APIs after the removal for some reason (for example, the usage in Fresh island), please use the URL pinned to the version where they are still available.

For example, if you want to keep using readableStreamFromIterable, which was deprecated and removed in favor of ReadableStream.from in v0.195.0, please use the import URL pinned to v0.194.0:

import { readableStreamFromIterable } from "https://deno.land/std@0.194.0/streams/readable_stream_from_iterable.ts";

Contributing

Check out the contributing guidelines here.

Releases

The Standard Library is versioned independently of the Deno CLI. This will change once the Standard Library is stabilized. See here for the compatibility of different versions of the Deno Standard Library and the Deno CLI.

A new minor version of the Standard Library is published at the same time as every new version of the Deno CLI (including patch versions).

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