# pretty-bytes

**Repository Path**: mirrors_dafrok/pretty-bytes

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: pretty-bytes
- **Description**: Convert bytes to a human readable string: 1337 → 1.34 kB
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2026-03-14

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# pretty-bytes [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/pretty-bytes.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/pretty-bytes)

> Convert bytes to a human readable string: `1337` → `1.34 kB`

Useful for displaying file sizes for humans.

*Note that it uses base-10 (e.g. kilobyte).  
[Read about the difference between kilobyte and kibibyte.](https://web.archive.org/web/20150324153922/https://pacoup.com/2009/05/26/kb-kb-kib-whats-up-with-that/)*


## Install

```
$ npm install --save pretty-bytes
```


## Usage

```js
const prettyBytes = require('pretty-bytes');

prettyBytes(1337);
//=> '1.34 kB'

prettyBytes(100);
//=> '100 B'
```


## Related

- [pretty-bytes-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pretty-bytes-cli) - CLI for this module


## License

MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)