Is shellcheck safe to use?

shellcheck has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.1.0). DepScope rates its health at 63/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of shellcheck?

The latest version of shellcheck is 4.1.0, released 2025-08-12.

Does shellcheck have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of shellcheck.

Is shellcheck deprecated?

No, shellcheck is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.1.0 (2025-08-12).

What are alternatives to shellcheck?

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

What license does shellcheck use?

shellcheck is licensed under MIT.

shellcheck

npmv4.1.0

Wrapper to download shellcheck

License MITpermissive27 versions1 maintainers5 deps167,862 weekly dl

gunar/shellcheck

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (63/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (63/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

2/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (5)

@felipecrs/decompress-tarxz @xhmikosr/decompress-unzip decompress envalid global-agent

API access

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