What is the best JavaScript library for dealing with large numbers?

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What is the best JavaScript library for dealing with large numbers?

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Best JavaScript library for dealing with large numbers	Price	Last Updated
-- javascript-bignum	-	May 2, 2016
-- biginteger.js	-	May 2, 2016
-- big.js	-	May 2, 2016
-- bignumber.js	-	May 2, 2016

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javascript-bignum

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Accurate

Exact rationals are represented as pairs of exact integers. Inexact real numbers are represented as native numbers. The implementation is correct. See More

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Fast

Numbers are stored as arrays base 10000000 with sign flag, not strings or something else weird. See More

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biginteger.js

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Fast

It stores numbers as arrays in base 10e7 so operations are quite efficient. See More

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big.js

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Supports floating point decimals

big.js can store values in floating point decimals. See More

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Small footprint

big.js is only 2.7KB minified and gzipped in size. Making it a pretty small library and fast to load. See More

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bignumber.js

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No dependencies

bignumber.js, doesn't have any dependencies. This doesn't make it dependent on any other library, avoiding having to reimplement any features in case one of the dependencies gets abandoned for example. See More

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What is the best JavaScript library for dealing with large numbers?

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javascript-bignum

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Accurate

Fast

biginteger.js

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My Recommendation for biginteger.js

Fast

big.js

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My Recommendation for big.js

Supports floating point decimals

Small footprint

bignumber.js

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My Recommendation for bignumber.js

No dependencies

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