The latest articles on Forem by Dragan Petrovic (@dragan_petrovic_32bcfd458). https://forem.com/dragan_petrovic_32bcfd458 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3092005%2Fb68eaccd-7a8e-44ef-aa58-8516f2ace1d9.png https://forem.com/dragan_petrovic_32bcfd458 en Dragan Petrovic Sat, 26 Apr 2025 04:29:49 +0000 https://forem.com/dragan_petrovic_32bcfd458/analyze-your-dependencies-m8o https://forem.com/dragan_petrovic_32bcfd458/analyze-your-dependencies-m8o <p>Sometimes we need to analyze npm packages, how often are they updated, if they have some security vulnerability (or had in some previous version) and a lot of different checks.</p> <p>A useful tool that can help with this is <a href="https://www.npmcheck.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.npmcheck.com</a>.</p> <p>You can access to a lot of informations about the package itself:</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F6bfl8vk0o7vyt4olp8h4.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F6bfl8vk0o7vyt4olp8h4.png" alt="Image description" width="800" height="1191"></a></p> <p>You can check the versions history of the package with informations about dimensions etc:</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Ffpwgum4mku6tq4cvtn7o.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Ffpwgum4mku6tq4cvtn7o.png" alt="Image description" width="800" height="811"></a></p> <p>Or maybe check for the security issues of the package itself or related to some transitive dependency of the package:</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F2bo7q3jv1kmbcxwblvnh.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F2bo7q3jv1kmbcxwblvnh.png" alt="Image description" width="800" height="808"></a></p> npm