Is env-paths safe to use?

env-paths has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.0.0). DepScope rates its health at 74/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of env-paths?

The latest version of env-paths is 4.0.0, released 2026-01-24.

Does env-paths have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of env-paths.

Is env-paths deprecated?

No, env-paths is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.0.0 (2026-01-24).

What are alternatives to env-paths?

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

What license does env-paths use?

env-paths is licensed under MIT.

env-paths

npmv4.0.0

Get paths for storing things like data, config, cache, etc

License MITpermissive11 versions1 maintainers1 deps58,912,819 weekly dl

sindresorhus/env-paths

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 74/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.76critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

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