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colorsnpm
abandoned
Archived, deprecated/yanked, or silent for 2+ years.
✓ freshdeps checked colors live against npm, GitHub & OSV on Jun 28, 2026 — but it goes stale again.
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Latest version
1.4.0
Last release
6.8y ago
Last commit
3.0y ago
Known CVEs (OSV)
2
Deprecated
no
Repo archived
no
Suggested alternative
chalk
colors had a sabotage incident (2022); chalk is the maintained standard.
Migration
const chalk = require('chalk'); chalk.red('x')  // replaces require('colors'); 'x'.red; npm i chalk
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Repository: git+ssh://git@github.com/Marak/colors.js.git

checked 2026-06-28T20:09:46.938Z · sources: registry=true github=true osv=true

JSON: /api/verdict?ecosystem=npm&package=colors