Is jquery healthy, maintained, and safe?

The verdict

OSPulse scores jquery at 25/100 (high risk), computed deterministically from live npm release history, maintainer data, and the OSV vulnerability database. Use with caution — jquery shows serious drift or security signals you should review before relying on it.

The newest release dates to 18 January 2026, 190 days back — a gap long enough to suggest the pace is slowing. Historically it released far more frequently, so the current silence reads as a genuine collapse in velocity rather than a natural gap. 5 maintainers are listed on npm, so the project isn't hostage to any single contributor.

OSV lists 8 known advisories for jquery, including 1 high. Review whether your version is in the affected range and whether a fixed release is available before depending on it. Each advisory is listed with its OSV/GHSA identifier below.

Treat jquery as a liability to manage: review the evidence above, pin or patch, and evaluate alternatives. 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.