Is rimraf safe to use?

rimraf has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (6.1.3). DepScope rates its health at 92/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of rimraf?

The latest version of rimraf is 6.1.3, released 2026-02-16.

Does rimraf have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of rimraf.

Is rimraf deprecated?

No, rimraf is actively maintained. Latest release: 6.1.3 (2026-02-16).

What are alternatives to rimraf?

Popular alternatives to rimraf in npm include: ?, semver, debug, ansi-styles, minimatch.

What license does rimraf use?

rimraf is licensed under BlueOak-1.0.0.

rimraf

npmv6.1.3

A deep deletion module for node (like `rm -rf`)

License BlueOak-1.0.0permissive86 versions1 maintainers2 deps133,644,422 weekly dl

isaacs/rimraf

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 92/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

7/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

3

Primary author dominance

74%

GitHub stars

5,843

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (2)

glob package-json-from-dist

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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

rimraf

npmv6.1.3

A deep deletion module for node (like `rm -rf`)

License BlueOak-1.0.0permissive86 versions1 maintainers2 deps133,644,422 weekly dl

isaacs/rimraf

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 92/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

7/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

3

Primary author dominance

74%

GitHub stars

5,843

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (2)

glob package-json-from-dist

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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