Is cosmiconfig safe to use?

cosmiconfig has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (9.0.1). DepScope rates its health at 83/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of cosmiconfig?

The latest version of cosmiconfig is 9.0.1, released 2026-03-02.

Does cosmiconfig have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of cosmiconfig.

Is cosmiconfig deprecated?

No, cosmiconfig is actively maintained. Latest release: 9.0.1 (2026-03-02).

What are alternatives to cosmiconfig?

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

What license does cosmiconfig use?

cosmiconfig is licensed under MIT.

cosmiconfig

npmv9.0.1

Find and load configuration from a package.json property, rc file, TypeScript module, and more!

License MITpermissive57 versions2 maintainers4 deps107,675,914 weekly dl

cosmiconfig/cosmiconfig

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 83/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

Contributors (12m)

GitHub stars

0

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.80critical

Download trend

stable(+1.7%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (4)

env-paths import-fresh js-yaml parse-json

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