# secure-random-octet

> Generate a cryptographically secure octet

Latest version **6.0.1** (published 2026-09-03) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install secure-random-octet
pnpm add secure-random-octet
yarn add secure-random-octet
bun add secure-random-octet
```

## Health

**Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.0.1 |
| Published | 2026-09-03 |
| First published | 2014-08-07 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | 22 \|\| 24 \|\| >=26 |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 5 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 1 |
| Author | Kenan Yildirim <kenan@kenany.me> (https://kenany.me/) |
| Maintainers | kenan |
| Keywords | crypto |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/secure-random-octet
- Repository: https://github.com/kenany/secure-random-octet
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/secure-random-octet

## Dependencies (1)

- [get-random-values](https://npm.io/package/get-random-values.md) ^5.0.1

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## Recent versions

- 6.0.1 (latest) — 2026-09-03
- 6.0.0 — 2026-05-24
- 5.0.4 — 2026-04-27
- 5.0.3 — 2026-04-15
- 5.0.2 — 2025-10-27
- 5.0.1 — 2025-09-04
- 5.0.0 — 2025-09-04
- 4.0.1 — 2023-10-14
- 4.0.0 — 2023-09-06
- 3.0.2 — 2023-04-12
- 3.0.1 — 2022-08-14
- 3.0.0 — 2022-08-14
- 2.0.0 — 2021-08-14
- 1.0.4 — 2021-04-01
- 1.0.3 — 2019-06-29
- … 3 more at https://npm.io/package/secure-random-octet/versions

## README

# secure-random-octet

Generate a cryptographically secure octet.

## Example

``` javascript
import { secureRandomOctet } from 'secure-random-octet';

secureRandomOctet();
// => 4
```

## Installation

``` bash
$ npm install secure-random-octet
```

## API

``` javascript
import { secureRandomOctet } from 'secure-random-octet';
```

### `secureRandomOctet()`

Returns a cryptographically secure _Number_ octet. Uses
[get-random-values](https://github.com/KenanY/get-random-values), so an _Error_
will be thrown if there is no secure random number generator available.

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