Is shellwords safe to use?

shellwords has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.1.1). DepScope rates its health at 69/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of shellwords?

The latest version of shellwords is 1.1.1, released 2025-07-11.

Does shellwords have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of shellwords.

Is shellwords deprecated?

No, shellwords is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.1.1 (2025-07-11).

What are alternatives to shellwords?

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

What license does shellwords use?

shellwords is licensed under MIT.

shellwords

npmv1.1.1

Manipulate strings according to the word parsing rules of the UNIX Bourne shell.

License MITpermissive8 versions1 maintainers0 deps4,863,778 weekly dl

jimmycuadra/shellwords

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (69/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (69/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

1.2 KBminified

0.7 KB gzipped

0 direct dependencies

ESMside effects

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Quality signals

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npm signed

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