Is esbuild safe to use?

esbuild has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.28.1). DepScope rates its health at 95/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of esbuild?

The latest version of esbuild is 0.28.1, released 2026-06-11.

Does esbuild have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of esbuild.

Is esbuild deprecated?

No, esbuild is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.28.1 (2026-06-11).

What are alternatives to esbuild?

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

esbuild

npmv0.28.1

An extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier.

License MITpermissive481 versions1 maintainers0 deps204,199,566 weekly dl

evanw/esbuild

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 95/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

10/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

4

Contributors (12m)

8

Primary author dominance

93%

GitHub stars

39,866

single author dominance

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

stable(+9.3%)

Publish security

npm attested

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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

esbuild

npmv0.28.1

An extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier.

License MITpermissive481 versions1 maintainers0 deps204,199,566 weekly dl

evanw/esbuild

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 95/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

10/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

4

Contributors (12m)

8

Primary author dominance

93%

GitHub stars

39,866

single author dominance

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

stable(+9.3%)

Publish security

npm attested

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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