Is is-root safe to use?

is-root has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (3.0.0). DepScope rates its health at 59/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of is-root?

The latest version of is-root is 3.0.0, released 2021-04-07.

Does is-root have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of is-root.

Is is-root deprecated?

No, is-root is actively maintained. Latest release: 3.0.0 (2021-04-07).

What are alternatives to is-root?

Popular alternatives to is-root in npm include: ?, semver, minimatch, debug, brace-expansion.

is-root

npmv3.0.0

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License MITpermissive5 versions1 maintainers0 deps5,246,739 weekly dl

sindresorhus/is-root

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (59/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (59/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

0/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

0.3 KBminified

0.2 KB gzipped

0 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

7/10typed

Types from @types/is-root (DefinitelyTyped)

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.69high

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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