Is shlex safe to use?

shlex has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (3.0.0). DepScope rates its health at 49/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of shlex?

The latest version of shlex is 3.0.0, released 2025-06-28.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of shlex.

No, shlex is actively maintained. Latest release: 3.0.0 (2025-06-28).

Popular alternatives to shlex in npm include: semver, debug, minimatch, strip-ansi, ms.

npmv3.0.0

Node.js port of Python's shlex shell-like lexer

License MITpermissive11 versions1 maintainers0 deps

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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

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10/10typed

bundled

API access

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