Is nw-gyp safe to use?

nw-gyp has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (3.6.8). DepScope rates its health at 62/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of nw-gyp?

The latest version of nw-gyp is 3.6.8, released 2025-05-30.

Does nw-gyp have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of nw-gyp.

Is nw-gyp deprecated?

No, nw-gyp is actively maintained. Latest release: 3.6.8 (2025-05-30).

What are alternatives to nw-gyp?

Popular alternatives to nw-gyp in npm include: semver, ansi-styles, debug, minimatch, brace-expansion.

nw-gyp

npmv3.6.8

NW.js (node-webkit) native addon build tool

License MITpermissive18 versions1 maintainers13 deps16,987 weekly dl

nwjs/nw-gyp

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 62/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

933.9 KBminified

258.9 KB gzipped

13 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

0/10untyped

No type definitions available

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (13)

fstream glob graceful-fs minimatch mkdirp nopt npmlog osenv request rimraf semver tar which

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