Is babel-core healthy, maintained, and safe?
Probably not. babel-core has gone quiet for over two years and shows the hallmarks of an abandoned package.
The verdict
On the OSPulse health scale, babel-core lands at 40/100, a medium risk rating, computed deterministically from live npm release history, maintainer data, and the OSV vulnerability database. Probably not. babel-core has gone quiet for over two years and shows the hallmarks of an abandoned package.
The last sign of life was 27 April 2018, more than 8 years ago (3063 days). By any practical measure the package looks abandoned. Historically it released far more frequently, so the current silence reads as a genuine collapse in velocity rather than a natural gap. 3 maintainers are listed on npm, so the project isn't hostage to any single contributor.
On the security side, OSV has no advisories on record for babel-core today. That's reassuring, but "no known advisory" is not the same as "no vulnerability". It only means nothing has been disclosed and indexed yet.
babel-core is usable but carries real signals, so pin versions, watch for new advisories, and keep a fallback in mind. This is a one-time snapshot of a single package. Real projects depend on dozens or hundreds of packages, and any one of them can drift or be compromised between releases. Run your own package.json through the free health check, or have OSPulse monitor your whole dependency tree continuously.
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Key facts
- Latest version
- v6.26.3
- Last release
- 27 April 2018 (3063 days ago)
- Total releases
- 264
- First release
- 15 February 2015
- Package age
- 11.6 years
- Maintainers
- 3
- Known advisories
- 0
- Confidence
- High
Frequently asked
Is babel-core still maintained?
It doesn't appear to be. The last release was 27 April 2018, over two years ago, which usually indicates an abandoned package.
Does babel-core have known security vulnerabilities?
No advisories are currently recorded for babel-core in the OSV database. That means none have been publicly disclosed and indexed, so it is not a guarantee of safety.
Is babel-core safe to use?
Probably not. babel-core has gone quiet for over two years and shows the hallmarks of an abandoned package. OSPulse rates it 40/100 (medium risk) based on release recency, cadence, maintainer bus factor and known vulnerabilities.
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Data from the npm registry & OSV.dev · snapshot generated 2026-09-15 · scores are deterministic and recomputed on each refresh.