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.

Does sha256 have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of sha256.

Is sha256 deprecated?

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

What are alternatives to sha256?

Popular alternatives to sha256 in npm include: ?, semver, minimatch, debug, brace-expansion.

What license does sha256 use?

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

sha256

npmv0.2.0

Compute SHA256 of bytes or strings.

3 versions4 maintainers2 deps78,089 weekly dl

cryptocoinjs/sha256

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (55/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (55/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

0/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

5/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

2.5 KBminified

1.2 KB gzipped

2 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

7/10typed

Types from @types/sha256 (DefinitelyTyped)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (2)

convert-hex convert-string

API access

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