Source: node-binary-extensions Section: web Priority: optional Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers Uploaders: Vivek Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9) , dh-buildinfo , nodejs Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/binary-extensions#readme Vcs-Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-javascript/node-binary-extensions.git Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-javascript/node-binary-extensions.git Package: node-binary-extensions Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends} , nodejs Description: List of binary file extensions The list is just a JSON file and can be used wherever. . This library is a dependency for webpack. Webpack takes code targeted at node.js and makes it run in the browser. Node.js comes with API of its own that is not available in the browsers. Webpack exposes this code to programs that are unaware they are running in a browser. . Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.