Is socks safe to use?

socks has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.8.9). DepScope rates its health at 84/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of socks?

The latest version of socks is 2.8.9, released 2026-05-08.

Does socks have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of socks.

No, socks is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.8.9 (2026-05-08).

What are alternatives to socks?

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

socks

npmv2.8.9

Fully featured SOCKS proxy client supporting SOCKSv4, SOCKSv4a, and SOCKSv5. Includes Bind and Associate functionality.

License MITpermissive55 versions1 maintainers2 deps70,715,416 weekly dl

JoshGlazebrook/socks

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 84/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

4/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

61.4 KBminified

14.5 KB gzipped

2 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.76critical

Download trend

stable(+3.9%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (2)

ip-address smart-buffer

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/npm/socks