Is chalk safe to use?

chalk has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (5.6.2). DepScope rates its health at 72/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of chalk?

The latest version of chalk is 5.6.2, released 2025-09-08.

Does chalk have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of chalk.

No, chalk is actively maintained. Latest release: 5.6.2 (2025-09-08).

What are alternatives to chalk?

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

chalk

npmv5.6.2

Terminal string styling done right

License MITpermissive43 versions1 maintainers0 deps417,915,970 weekly dl

chalk/chalk

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 72/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

5.4 KBminified

2.3 KB gzipped

0 direct dependencies

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

3.8/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

3

Primary author dominance

67%

GitHub stars

23,156

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

stable(+1.8%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

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