Is pacote safe to use?

pacote has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (21.5.0). DepScope rates its health at 66/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of pacote?

The latest version of pacote is 21.5.0, released 2026-03-09.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pacote.

No, pacote is actively maintained. Latest release: 21.5.0 (2026-03-09).

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

npmv21.5.0

JavaScript package downloader

License ISCpermissive236 versions4 maintainers17 deps

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 66/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

6/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

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7/10typed

Types from @types/pacote (DefinitelyTyped)

Quality signals

Download trend

stable(0%)

Publish security

npm attested

Dependencies (17)

API access

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