Is har-validator healthy, maintained, and safe?
Probably not. har-validator has gone quiet for over two years and shows the hallmarks of an abandoned package.
The verdict
OSPulse scores har-validator at 25/100 (high risk), computed deterministically from live npm release history, maintainer data, and the OSV vulnerability database. Probably not. har-validator has gone quiet for over two years and shows the hallmarks of an abandoned package.
The last sign of life was 30 July 2020, more than 6 years ago (2238 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. Ownership rests on a single maintainer, a bus-factor of one, meaning one person's availability is a single point of failure for everyone downstream.
On the security side, OSV has no advisories on record for har-validator 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.
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Evidence trail: deterministic, auditable
Key facts
- Latest version
- v5.1.5
- Last release
- 30 July 2020 (2238 days ago)
- Total releases
- 55
- First release
- 10 February 2015
- Package age
- 11.6 years
- Maintainers
- 1
- Known advisories
- 0
- Confidence
- High
Frequently asked
Is har-validator still maintained?
It doesn't appear to be. The last release was 30 July 2020, over two years ago, which usually indicates an abandoned package.
Does har-validator have known security vulnerabilities?
No advisories are currently recorded for har-validator in the OSV database. That means none have been publicly disclosed and indexed, so it is not a guarantee of safety.
Is har-validator safe to use?
Probably not. har-validator has gone quiet for over two years and shows the hallmarks of an abandoned package. OSPulse rates it 25/100 (high 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.