Is grunt safe to use?

grunt has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.6.2). DepScope rates its health at 90/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of grunt?

The latest version of grunt is 1.6.2, released 2026-04-14.

Does grunt have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of grunt.

No, grunt is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.6.2 (2026-04-14).

What are alternatives to grunt?

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

grunt

npmv1.6.2

The JavaScript Task Runner

License MITpermissive72 versions5 maintainers13 deps1,148,745 weekly dl

gruntjs/grunt

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Health

safe to use

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

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

13/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

🌟

TypeScript

7/10typed

Types from @types/grunt (DefinitelyTyped)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (13)

dateformat eventemitter2 exit findup-sync glob grunt-cli grunt-known-options grunt-legacy-log grunt-legacy-util iconv-lite js-yaml minimatch nopt

API access

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