diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b399b86..3115621 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "@push.rocks/smartrouter": "^1.0.16",
     "@push.rocks/smartrx": "^3.0.7",
     "@push.rocks/smartstate": "^2.0.17",
+    "@push.rocks/smartstring": "^4.0.13",
     "@push.rocks/smarturl": "^3.0.6",
     "@push.rocks/webrequest": "^3.0.34",
     "@push.rocks/websetup": "^3.0.19",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0cfcc34..6afeada 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ dependencies:
   '@push.rocks/smartstate':
     specifier: ^2.0.17
     version: 2.0.17
+  '@push.rocks/smartstring':
+    specifier: ^4.0.13
+    version: 4.0.13
   '@push.rocks/smarturl':
     specifier: ^3.0.6
     version: 3.0.7
@@ -702,7 +705,6 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-tDEFwywzq0FNzRYc9qY2dRl2pgQuZG0G2/yml2RLWZWSW+Fn1EHshnKOGHz8o77W7zvu4hTgQQX42r/JY5XHTg==}
     dependencies:
       '@push.rocks/smartpromise': 4.0.3
-    dev: true
 
   /@push.rocks/smartenv@5.0.5:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-GmFGcUvi6iXU3uS4dNyxFGLktnroHE5Kjn+5sqojiJh/U+F134Ep5DwI3aeBtsD+BNHrDNa8t74v7uoWd1zR4g==}
@@ -783,7 +785,7 @@ packages:
   /@push.rocks/smartjson@5.0.10:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-yuntSMGZ+XNHMrbS9RxotaD+eOgoNTcuDoWsttis+N3Mkc9DIam0pt/ER4NU8TgfMmhT/hKwQH+3DJceDzntoA==}
     dependencies:
-      '@push.rocks/smartstring': 4.0.9
+      '@push.rocks/smartstring': 4.0.13
       '@types/buffer-json': 2.0.1
       buffer-json: 2.0.0
       fast-json-stable-stringify: 2.1.0
@@ -1039,21 +1041,6 @@ packages:
       randomatic: 3.1.1
       strip-indent: 4.0.0
       url: 0.11.3
-    dev: true
-
-  /@push.rocks/smartstring@4.0.9:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-VB0jzKmI4ZpdzEZe79M8rKVjAReNWGMG6ktzS0R5FeH96SSk3jvfOezgz/RJ7JbRN3UcyR0Ra/mXlpyeqJUHvw==}
-    dependencies:
-      '@push.rocks/isounique': 1.0.5
-      '@push.rocks/smartenv': 5.0.5
-      '@types/randomatic': 3.1.3
-      buffer: 6.0.3
-      crypto-random-string: 5.0.0
-      js-base64: 3.7.5
-      normalize-newline: 4.1.0
-      randomatic: 3.1.1
-      strip-indent: 4.0.0
-      url: 0.11.2
 
   /@push.rocks/smarttime@4.0.5:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-vf0Jh+jnMt59l4zbmxdkoPdIMhtO5ghFQn8wn9hX+oOtog56ddrwvdubs9CtDNCPoA8YEKL8Izp1uY21NIgrmA==}
@@ -1751,7 +1738,6 @@ packages:
 
   /@types/randomatic@3.1.5:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-VCwCTw6qh1pRRw+5rNTAwqPmf6A+hdrkdM7dBpZVmhl7g+em3ONXlYK/bWPVKqVGMWgP0d1bog8Vc/X6zRwRRQ==}
-    dev: true
 
   /@types/range-parser@1.2.7:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-hKormJbkJqzQGhziax5PItDUTMAM9uE2XXQmM37dyd4hVM+5aVl7oVxMVUiVQn2oCQFN/LKCZdvSM0pFRqbSmQ==}
@@ -6248,7 +6234,6 @@ packages:
     dependencies:
       punycode: 1.4.1
       qs: 6.11.2
-    dev: true
 
   /util-deprecate@1.0.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha1-RQ1Nyfpw3nMnYvvS1KKJgUGaDM8=}
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 949bfe7..f3e9bd3 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@design.estate/dees-domtools',
-  version: '2.0.56',
+  version: '2.0.57',
   description: 'tools to simplify complex css structures'
 }
diff --git a/ts/domtools.plugins.ts b/ts/domtools.plugins.ts
index 410dc3f..616ac64 100644
--- a/ts/domtools.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/domtools.plugins.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import * as smartpromise from '@push.rocks/smartpromise';
 import * as smartrouter from '@push.rocks/smartrouter';
 import * as smartrx from '@push.rocks/smartrx';
 import * as smartstate from '@push.rocks/smartstate';
+import * as smartstring from '@push.rocks/smartstring';
 import * as smarturl from '@push.rocks/smarturl';
 import * as webrequest from '@push.rocks/webrequest';
 import * as websetup from '@push.rocks/websetup';
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export {
   smartrx,
   smarturl,
   smartstate,
+  smartstring,
   webrequest,
   websetup,
   webstore,
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index e74870f..4551ed6 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export const plugins = {
   SweetScroll: allPlugins.SweetScroll,
   smartstate: allPlugins.smartstate,
   smartrx: allPlugins.smartrx,
+  smartstring: allPlugins.smartstring,
   smarturl: allPlugins.smarturl,
   typedrequest: allPlugins.typedrequest,
 };