Is whois safe to use?

whois has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.16.2). DepScope rates its health at 75/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of whois?

The latest version of whois is 2.16.2, released 2026-07-02.

Does whois have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of whois.

No, whois is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.16.2 (2026-07-02).

What are alternatives to whois?

Popular alternatives to whois in npm include: ?, semver, debug, minimatch, ansi-styles.

What license does whois use?

whois is licensed under FreeBSD.

whois

npmv2.16.2

A WHOIS client for NodeJS

License FreeBSD50 versions2 maintainers3 deps42,876 weekly dl

hjr265/node-whois

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 75/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

5/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (3)

socks underscore yargs

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/npm/whois