# stable — Deprecated npm packages and their maintainer-named replacement For stable, latest published version is 0.1.8; named replacement is Array#sort(), recorded from its source on 2026-08-25; source re-checked 2026-09-14. - **Package:** stable _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Latest published version:** 0.1.8 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Maintainer's deprecation message:** Modern JS already guarantees Array#sort() is a stable sort, so this library is deprecated. See the compatibility table on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/sort#browser_compatibility _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Named replacement:** Array#sort() _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ ## What the source says > "deprecated":"Modern JS already guarantees Array#sort() is a stable sort, so this library is deprecated. See the compatibility table on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/sort#browser_compatibility" ## Source - https://registry.npmjs.org/stable Last verified: 2026-09-14. Review by: 2027-02-21. Part of [Deprecated npm packages and their maintainer-named replacement](https://referencesource.org/npm-deprecated-package-recommended-replacement/).