Is portfinder safe to use?

portfinder has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.0.38). DepScope rates its health at 76/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of portfinder?

The latest version of portfinder is 1.0.38, released 2025-09-12.

Does portfinder have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of portfinder.

Is portfinder deprecated?

No, portfinder is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.0.38 (2025-09-12).

What are alternatives to portfinder?

Popular alternatives to portfinder in npm include: ?, semver, minimatch, debug, brace-expansion.

What license does portfinder use?

portfinder is licensed under MIT.

portfinder

npmv1.0.38

A simple tool to find an open port on the current machine

License MITpermissive44 versions2 maintainers2 deps13,318,293 weekly dl

http-party/node-portfinder

/ 100

Health

safe to use

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

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

6/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Quality signals

Download trend

stable(0%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (2)

async debug

API access

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