Is chalk safe to use?

chalk has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (6.0.0). DepScope rates its health at 90/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of chalk?

The latest version of chalk is 6.0.0, released 2026-07-26.

Does chalk have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of chalk.

No, chalk is actively maintained. Latest release: 6.0.0 (2026-07-26).

What are alternatives to chalk?

Popular alternatives to chalk in npm include: ?, semver, minimatch, ansi-styles, brace-expansion.

chalk

npmv6.0.0

Terminal string styling done right

License MITpermissive44 versions1 maintainers0 deps505,482,226 weekly dl

chalk/chalk

/ 100

Health

safe to use

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

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

10/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

6.6 KBminified

2.7 KB gzipped

0 direct dependencies

🌟

TypeScript

7/10typed

Types from @types/chalk (DefinitelyTyped)

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

3.8/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

3

Primary author dominance

67%

GitHub stars

23,156

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

growing(+21.5%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

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