tar has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (7.5.16). DepScope rates its health at 90/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of tar?

The latest version of tar is 7.5.16, released 2026-06-01.

Does tar have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of tar.

No, tar is actively maintained. Latest release: 7.5.16 (2026-06-01).

What are alternatives to tar?

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

What license does tar use?

tar is licensed under BlueOak-1.0.0.

tar

npmv7.5.16

tar for node

License BlueOak-1.0.0permissive147 versions1 maintainers5 deps95,410,072 weekly dl

isaacs/node-tar

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 90/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

5/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

80.3 KBminified

24.8 KB gzipped

5 direct dependencies

ESMside effects

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

Contributors (12m)

GitHub stars

0

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.77critical

Download trend

stable(+0.1%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (5)

@isaacs/fs-minipass chownr minipass minizlib yallist

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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

tar

npmv7.5.16

tar for node

License BlueOak-1.0.0permissive147 versions1 maintainers5 deps95,410,072 weekly dl

isaacs/node-tar

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 90/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

5/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

80.3 KBminified

24.8 KB gzipped

5 direct dependencies

ESMside effects

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

Contributors (12m)

GitHub stars

0

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.77critical

Download trend

stable(+0.1%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (5)

@isaacs/fs-minipass chownr minipass minizlib yallist

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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