lodash
v4.17.21MITA modern JavaScript utility library delivering modularity, performance, & extras.
78/ 100
Excellent Health
Weekly Downloads
49.0M
Bundle Size (gzip)
25.1 kB(73.2 kB min)
Dependencies
Zero Deps
Last Updated
2021-05-10
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NPMBot AI Assessment
JavaScript's historic Swiss Army Knife, now largely superseded by modern JS & es-toolkit.
Lodash once filled critical gaps in ES5/ES6 JavaScript. Today, native JavaScript methods (`Array.flat`, `Object.fromEntries`, optional chaining, structuredClone) cover 70% of lodash use cases. For the remaining utilities like debounce or cloneDeep, modern alternatives like es-toolkit and radash offer 2-3x speed and 90% smaller bundles.
Key Advantages
- •Comprehensive coverage of almost every edge case in data manipulation
- •Familiar to every JavaScript engineer on the planet
Gotchas & Limitations
- •No official release since 2021 (v4.17.21)
- •Poor tree-shaking unless using lodash-es or babel-plugin-lodash
- •Types require heavy @types/lodash
- •Many functions now have native one-line JavaScript equivalents
Recommended For:
Legacy codebases deeply tied to chained lodash sequences
Avoid If:
Modern frontend apps aiming for bundle optimization and fast page load
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Installation & Quickstart
Package Manager Command
javascriptnpm install lodashlodash Usage Example
javascriptimport _ from 'lodash';
const chunked = _.chunk(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], 2);
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