Is electron safe to use?

electron has 1 known vulnerabilities on the latest version (41.4.0). DepScope rates its health at 63/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of electron?

The latest version of electron is 41.4.0, released 2026-05-01.

Does electron have known vulnerabilities?

Yes. electron has 1 known vulnerabilities. See depscope.dev/pkg/npm/electron for details.

Is electron deprecated?

No, electron is actively maintained. Latest release: 41.4.0 (2026-05-01).

What are alternatives to electron?

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

What license does electron use?

electron is licensed under MIT.

electron

npmv41.4.0

Build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

License MITpermissive1683 versions2 maintainers3 deps

electron/electron

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Health

update required

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Update to >= 1.1.2-0.20250406010349-76805d5a8860 to fix known vulnerabilities

1 high severity vulnerabilities

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

20/25

security

15/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

1 high

Advisories (1)

Severity	ID	Summary	Fixed in
high	A-299477569	libwebp: OOB write in BuildHuffmanTable	1.1.2-0.20250406010349-76805d5a8860

Bundle & TypeScript

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Quality signals

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (3)

@types/node extract-zip @electron/get

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