Is ethers safe to use?

ethers has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (6.17.0). DepScope rates its health at 85/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of ethers?

The latest version of ethers is 6.17.0, released 2026-06-18.

Does ethers have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of ethers.

Is ethers deprecated?

No, ethers is actively maintained. Latest release: 6.17.0 (2026-06-18).

What are alternatives to ethers?

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

ethers

npmv6.17.0

A complete and compact Ethereum library, for dapps, wallets and any other tools.

License MITpermissive334 versions1 maintainers7 deps3,544,488 weekly dl

ethers-io/ethers.js

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 85/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

8/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

371.9 KBminified

133.9 KB gzipped

7 direct dependencies

ESM

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.69high

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (7)

@adraffy/ens-normalize @noble/curves @noble/hashes @types/node aes-js tslib ws

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