Is needle safe to use?

needle has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (3.5.0). DepScope rates its health at 82/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of needle?

The latest version of needle is 3.5.0, released 2026-03-12.

Does needle have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of needle.

Is needle deprecated?

No, needle is actively maintained. Latest release: 3.5.0 (2026-03-12).

What are alternatives to needle?

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

needle

npmv3.5.0

The leanest and most handsome HTTP client in the Nodelands.

License MITpermissive115 versions1 maintainers2 deps13,588,857 weekly dl

tomas/needle

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 82/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

7/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

🌟

TypeScript

7/10typed

Types from @types/needle (DefinitelyTyped)

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.72critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (2)

sax iconv-lite

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