Is modern-tar safe to use?

modern-tar has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.7.6). DepScope rates its health at 76/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of modern-tar?

The latest version of modern-tar is 0.7.6, released 2026-03-18.

Does modern-tar have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of modern-tar.

Is modern-tar deprecated?

No, modern-tar is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.7.6 (2026-03-18).

What are alternatives to modern-tar?

Popular alternatives to modern-tar in npm include: minimatch, lru-cache, chalk, commander, @types/node.

What license does modern-tar use?

modern-tar is licensed under MIT.

modern-tar

npmv0.7.6

Zero dependency streaming tar parser and writer for JavaScript.

License MITpermissive30 versions1 maintainers0 deps1,314,913 weekly dl

ayuhito/modern-tar

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 76/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

12.4 KBminified

5.0 KB gzipped

0 direct dependencies

ESM

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Quality signals

Publish security

npm signed

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