Is acorn safe to use?

acorn has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (8.16.0). DepScope rates its health at 84/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of acorn?

The latest version of acorn is 8.16.0, released 2026-02-19.

Does acorn have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of acorn.

No, acorn is actively maintained. Latest release: 8.16.0 (2026-02-19).

What are alternatives to acorn?

Popular alternatives to acorn in npm include: semver, debug, minimatch, ansi-styles, brace-expansion.

acorn

npmv8.16.0

ECMAScript parser

License MITpermissive138 versions3 maintainers0 deps202,607,332 weekly dl

acornjs/acorn

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 84/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

4/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

113.9 KBminified

48.9 KB gzipped

0 direct dependencies

ESMside effects

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

3

Contributors (12m)

12

Primary author dominance

55%

GitHub stars

11,372

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.82critical

Download trend

stable(+1.9%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

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