Is locate-path safe to use?

locate-path has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (8.0.0). DepScope rates its health at 49/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of locate-path?

The latest version of locate-path is 8.0.0, released 2025-09-15.

Does locate-path have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of locate-path.

Is locate-path deprecated?

No, locate-path is actively maintained. Latest release: 8.0.0 (2025-09-15).

What are alternatives to locate-path?

Popular alternatives to locate-path in npm include: semver, ms, lru-cache, supports-color, ansi-regex.

What license does locate-path use?

locate-path is licensed under MIT.

locate-path

npmv8.0.0

Get the first path that exists on disk of multiple paths

License MITpermissive12 versions1 maintainers1 deps

sindresorhus/locate-path

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 49/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

1.9 KBminified

1.0 KB gzipped

1 direct dependencies

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

3.7/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

1

Primary author dominance

100%

GitHub stars

64

single active maintainer 3msingle author dominance

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

stable(+2.5%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

p-locate

API access

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