Is tar-stream-compat safe to use?

tar-stream-compat has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.3.10). DepScope rates its health at 54/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of tar-stream-compat?

The latest version of tar-stream-compat is 2.3.10, released 2025-12-04.

Does tar-stream-compat have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of tar-stream-compat.

Is tar-stream-compat deprecated?

No, tar-stream-compat is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.3.10 (2025-12-04).

What are alternatives to tar-stream-compat?

Popular alternatives to tar-stream-compat in npm include: minimatch, commander, eslint-visitor-keys, ajv, color-name.

What license does tar-stream-compat use?

tar-stream-compat is licensed under MIT.

tar-stream-compat

npmv2.3.10

tar-stream is a streaming tar parser and generator and nothing else. It is streams2 and operates purely using streams which means you can easily extract/parse tarballs without ever hitting the file system.

License MITpermissive16 versions1 maintainers2 deps

mafintosh/tar-stream

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 54/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

0.5 KBminified

0.3 KB gzipped

2 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (2)

safe-buffer tar-stream

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