Is balanced-match safe to use?

balanced-match has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.0.4). DepScope rates its health at 62/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of balanced-match?

The latest version of balanced-match is 4.0.4, released 2026-02-22.

Does balanced-match have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of balanced-match.

Is balanced-match deprecated?

No, balanced-match is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.0.4 (2026-02-22).

What are alternatives to balanced-match?

Popular alternatives to balanced-match in npm include: debug, lru-cache, string-width, commander, glob.

What license does balanced-match use?

balanced-match is licensed under MIT.

balanced-match

npmv4.0.4

Match balanced character pairs, like "{" and "}"

License MITpermissive18 versions1 maintainers0 deps

git://github.com/juliangruber/balanced-match

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 62/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

0.8 KBminified

0.5 KB gzipped

0 direct dependencies

ESMside effects

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.7/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

3

Contributors (12m)

3

Primary author dominance

46%

GitHub stars

129

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

stable(+5%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

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