Is sha256 safe to use?

sha256 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.2.0). DepScope rates its health at 55/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of sha256?

The latest version of sha256 is 0.2.0, released 2015-03-18.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of sha256.

No, sha256 is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.2.0 (2015-03-18).

Popular alternatives to sha256 in npm include: ?., ansi-styles, brace-expansion, strip-ansi, ms.

License information for sha256 is not declared in the registry metadata.

npmv0.2.0

Compute SHA256 of bytes or strings.

3 versions4 maintainers2 deps73,064 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 55/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

0/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

5/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

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7/10typed

Types from @types/sha256 (DefinitelyTyped)

Dependencies (2)

API access

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