Not for frontend use? Node Buffer is required?

[FossPrime]

I tried using this on a frontend with vite and I'm running into Buffer undefined errors...

Am I correct to assume this is hard coded to use Node exclusive API's and cannot run on the web?

Reproduction: https://stackblitz.com/edit/vitejs-vite-dd5uyzfe?file=src%2Funserialize.ts&terminal=dev

Code:

import { unserialize } from 'php-serialize'

export function setupSerializer(
  input: HTMLTextAreaElement,
  output: HTMLTextAreaElement,
  button: HTMLButtonElement
) {
  const setCounter = (text: string) => {
    output.value = 'converting...'
    try {
      output.value = unserialize(text)
    } catch (e) {
      output.value = (e as any).message
      console.error(e)
    }
  }

  button.addEventListener('click', () => setCounter(input.value))
  input.value = 'a:1:{s:4:"Test";s:15:"serialize here!";}'
  output.value = 'Click button below to convert serialized PHP Array to JSON'

  setCounter(input.value)
}

Result: