Is yargs safe to use?

yargs has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (18.0.0). DepScope rates its health at 96/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of yargs?

The latest version of yargs is 18.0.0, released 2025-05-27.

Does yargs have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of yargs.

No, yargs is actively maintained. Latest release: 18.0.0 (2025-05-27).

What are alternatives to yargs?

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

yargs

npmv18.0.0

yargs the modern, pirate-themed, successor to optimist.

License MITpermissive261 versions2 maintainers6 deps185,150,915 weekly dl

yargs/yargs

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 96/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

11/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

105.4 KBminified

31.2 KB gzipped

6 direct dependencies

ESMside effects

🌟

TypeScript

7/10typed

Types from @types/yargs (DefinitelyTyped)

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.5/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

8

Primary author dominance

22%

GitHub stars

11,472

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.80critical

Download trend

stable(+3.7%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (6)

cliui escalade get-caller-file string-width y18n yargs-parser

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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

yargs

npmv18.0.0

yargs the modern, pirate-themed, successor to optimist.

License MITpermissive261 versions2 maintainers6 deps185,150,915 weekly dl

yargs/yargs

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 96/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

11/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

105.4 KBminified

31.2 KB gzipped

6 direct dependencies

ESMside effects

🌟

TypeScript

7/10typed

Types from @types/yargs (DefinitelyTyped)

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.5/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

8

Primary author dominance

22%

GitHub stars

11,472

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.80critical

Download trend

stable(+3.7%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (6)

cliui escalade get-caller-file string-width y18n yargs-parser

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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