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ansi-styles

Latest Version: v6.2.3

ansi-styles v6.2.3 patches a security vulnerability (CVE-2024-XXXXX) introduced in v6.2.2, critical for CLI tools using ANSI terminal styling.

Owner: chalk

OSSauto-discoverednpmansi

Stars

451

GitHub star count

Last Release

7 months ago

v6.2.3

Contributors

19

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Health Score

N/A

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Key Features

  • chalk

Tech Stack

JavaScript
auto-discovered
npm
ansi
styles
color
colour
colors
terminal
console
cli
string
tty

About

ansi-styles v6.2.3 patches a security vulnerability (CVE-2024-XXXXX) introduced in v6.2.2, critical for CLI tools using ANSI terminal styling.

v6.2.3 is a critical security patch addressing a vulnerability disclosed in chalk/chalk#656; it skips v6.2.2 entirely and rolls back to the safe state of v6.2.1. No new features or breaking changes — urgency driven by high-impact terminal styling usage (518M+ weekly downloads).

Analyst Note

ansi-styles v6.2.3 patches a security vulnerability (CVE-2024-XXXXX) introduced in v6.2.2, critical for CLI tools using ANSI terminal styling.

Best For

  • Technical stack evaluation for engineering teams
  • Dependency governance and upgrade planning in production systems
  • Track delivery cadence and release quality from chalk
  • chalk

Not Ideal For

  • Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption

Typical Use Cases

Technical stack evaluation for engineering teamsDependency governance and upgrade planning in production systemsTrack delivery cadence and release quality from chalk

Decision Snapshot

  • Product type: Open Source
  • Primary language: JavaScript
  • Pricing model: Free
  • License: MIT
  • Last Release: 9/8/2025
Data Basis
  • Last Sync: Mar 1, 2026, 03:02 PM
  • Metrics Updated: Mar 1, 2026, 03:02 PM
  • Completeness: 100%
  • Last Verified: Mar 1, 2026, 03:02 PM

Data Status

Stale
Last SyncMar 1, 2026, 03:02 PM
Metrics UpdatedMar 1, 2026, 03:02 PM
Completeness100%
Last VerifiedMar 1, 2026, 03:02 PM

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Active maintenance cadence.

Cons

  • -Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption

All Metrics

Adoption

4/4
Stars451
Forks81
Open Issues0
Contributors19

Health

0/4
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Trend ScorePending
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Reliability ScorePending

Core

3/5
Latest Versionv6.2.3
Last Release9/8/2025
Last Commit2/27/2026
StatusPending
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Security

0/1
Security ScorePending