Is shortid safe to use?

shortid has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.2.17). DepScope rates its health at 65/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of shortid?

The latest version of shortid is 2.2.17, released 2025-01-23.

Does shortid have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of shortid.

Is shortid deprecated?

No, shortid is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.2.17 (2025-01-23).

What are alternatives to shortid?

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

shortid

npmv2.2.17

Amazingly short non-sequential url-friendly unique id generator.

License MITpermissive32 versions2 maintainers1 deps1,055,953 weekly dl

dylang/shortid

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (65/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (65/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

0/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

8/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

2.4 KBminified

1.2 KB gzipped

1 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

7/10typed

Types from @types/shortid (DefinitelyTyped)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

nanoid

API access

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