Is phantomjs-prebuilt healthy, maintained, and safe?
Probably not. phantomjs-prebuilt has gone quiet for over two years and shows the hallmarks of an abandoned package.
The verdict
On the OSPulse health scale, phantomjs-prebuilt lands at 40/100, a medium risk rating, computed deterministically from live npm release history, maintainer data, and the OSV vulnerability database. Probably not. phantomjs-prebuilt has gone quiet for over two years and shows the hallmarks of an abandoned package.
The last sign of life was 2 November 2017, more than 8 years ago (3239 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 phantomjs-prebuilt 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.
phantomjs-prebuilt 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.
Evidence trail: deterministic, auditable
Key facts
- Latest version
- v2.1.16
- Last release
- 2 November 2017 (3239 days ago)
- Total releases
- 18
- First release
- 27 January 2016
- Package age
- 10.6 years
- Maintainers
- 3
- Known advisories
- 0
- Confidence
- High
Frequently asked
Is phantomjs-prebuilt still maintained?
It doesn't appear to be. The last release was 2 November 2017, over two years ago, which usually indicates an abandoned package.
Does phantomjs-prebuilt have known security vulnerabilities?
No advisories are currently recorded for phantomjs-prebuilt in the OSV database. That means none have been publicly disclosed and indexed, so it is not a guarantee of safety.
Is phantomjs-prebuilt safe to use?
Probably not. phantomjs-prebuilt 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.