Is octokit safe to use?

octokit has 1 known vulnerabilities on the latest version (5.0.5). DepScope rates its health at 76/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of octokit?

The latest version of octokit is 5.0.5, released 2025-10-31.

Does octokit have known vulnerabilities?

Yes. octokit has 1 known vulnerabilities. See depscope.dev/pkg/npm/octokit for details.

Is octokit deprecated?

No, octokit is actively maintained. Latest release: 5.0.5 (2025-10-31).

What are alternatives to octokit?

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

octokit

npmv5.0.5

The all-batteries-included GitHub SDK for Browsers, Node.js, and Deno

License MITpermissive100 versions2 maintainers11 deps5,633,898 weekly dl

octokit/octokit.js

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Health

update required

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Update to >= 12.3.3 to fix known vulnerabilities

1 high severity vulnerabilities

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

20/25

security

15/15

maturity

9/15

community

Vulnerabilities

1 high

Advisories (1)

Severity	ID	Summary	Fixed in
high	CVE-2023-50728	Unauthenticated Denial of Service in the octokit/webhooks library	12.3.3

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

180.2 KBminified

40.8 KB gzipped

11 direct dependencies

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TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (11)

@octokit/app @octokit/core @octokit/oauth-app @octokit/plugin-paginate-graphql @octokit/plugin-paginate-rest @octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods @octokit/plugin-retry @octokit/plugin-throttling @octokit/request-error @octokit/types @octokit/webhooks

API access

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