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pkg-age

v0.3.0

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CLI to inspect npm dependency health by release age, major version drift, and deprecation status.

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npm License: MIT

pkg-age

pkg-age is a CLI that inspects the health of your npm dependencies by checking their latest release date, major version drift, and deprecation status from the npm registry.

Install

npm i -g pkg-age

Usage

pkg-age
pkg-age --cwd ~/projects/my-app
pkg-age --deprecated-only
pkg-age --no-dev
pkg-age --json
pkg-age --sort age
pkg-age --watch
pkg-age --watch --interval 3600
pkg-age --update-check
pkg-age --risk-score
pkg-age --alternatives

Example output:

Checking 6 dependencies...

Package  Current  Latest  Age          Status
chalk    5.3.0    5.6.2   4 months ago ✓ active
moment   2.29.4   2.29.4  1 year ago   ✗ DEPRECATED -> This package is in maintenance mode

Options

  • --cwd <path>: project directory to inspect, default is the current working directory
  • --json: emit JSON output
  • --deprecated-only: only show deprecated packages
  • --no-dev: skip devDependencies
  • --sort <field>: sort by age, name, or status
  • --watch: keep checking packages and only report status transitions
  • --interval <seconds>: polling interval for --watch, default 86400
  • --update-check: show patch/minor/major upgrade categories and grouped npm install commands
  • --risk-score: calculate a per-package risk score from release age, maintenance signals, and npm security advisories
  • --alternatives: suggest curated replacements for risky packages with known modern substitutes

How It Works

pkg-age reads dependencies and devDependencies from your package.json, fetches metadata from https://registry.npmjs.org/<pkg>, and evaluates each package using:

  • dist-tags.latest
  • time[latest]
  • versions[latest].deprecated

The CLI then marks packages as deprecated, unmaintained, old, outdated, or active and sorts them by severity.

For Round 3 analysis modes, pkg-age also queries npm's bulk security advisory endpoint to fold known advisories into package risk scores and replacement suggestions.

Compared With npm outdated

npm outdated shows version drift. pkg-age adds release age and deprecation signals so you can spot stale packages even when you are technically on the latest version.