diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index d073c8f..7097884 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartbuffer',
-  version: '3.0.0',
+  version: '3.0.1',
   description: 'A library for managing ArrayBufferLike structures including conversion between Base64 and Uint8Array, and buffer validation.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 764bdf8..6cd46a7 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,18 @@ export function base64ToUint8Array(base64: string): Uint8Array {
 
 export const isUint8Array = (obj: any): obj is Uint8Array => {
   return plugins.uInt8ArrayExtras.isUint8Array(obj);
+}
+
+export function isBufferLike(obj: any): obj is ArrayBufferLike | Buffer {
+  // Check for ArrayBufferLike objects in any environment
+  if (obj && typeof obj.byteLength === 'number') {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Additional check specific to Node.js environment for Buffer objects
+  if (typeof Buffer !== 'undefined' && Buffer.isBuffer) {
+    return Buffer.isBuffer(obj);
+  }
+
+  return false;
 }
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