Is ansi-styles safe to use?

ansi-styles has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (6.2.3). DepScope rates its health at 52/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of ansi-styles?

The latest version of ansi-styles is 6.2.3, released 2025-09-08.

Does ansi-styles have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of ansi-styles.

Is ansi-styles deprecated?

No, ansi-styles is actively maintained. Latest release: 6.2.3 (2025-09-08).

What are alternatives to ansi-styles?

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

What license does ansi-styles use?

ansi-styles is licensed under MIT.

ansi-styles

npmv6.2.3

ANSI escape codes for styling strings in the terminal

License MITpermissive28 versions1 maintainers0 deps

chalk/ansi-styles

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Health

do not use

Do not install. Package is flagged as malicious (advisory MAL-2025-46967).

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

2.7 KBminified

1.2 KB gzipped

0 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

⚠ Malicious package

This package is flagged as malicious by the OpenSSF/OSV community feed. Do not install.

Advisory: MAL-2025-46967 — Malicious code in ansi-styles (npm)

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

3.9/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

3

Primary author dominance

33%

GitHub stars

457

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

stable(+2.4%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

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