Is leven safe to use?

leven has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.1.0). DepScope rates its health at 72/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of leven?

The latest version of leven is 4.1.0, released 2025-09-11.

Does leven have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of leven.

No, leven is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.1.0 (2025-09-11).

What are alternatives to leven?

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

leven

npmv4.1.0

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License MITpermissive9 versions1 maintainers0 deps50,818,430 weekly dl

sindresorhus/leven

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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

1.3 KBminified

0.7 KB gzipped

0 direct dependencies

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TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.76critical

Download trend

stable(-0.1%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

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