# safe-execa

> Like execa but prevents binary planting attacks on Windows

Latest version **0.3.0** (published 2026-03-11) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install safe-execa
pnpm add safe-execa
yarn add safe-execa
bun add safe-execa
```

## Health

**Score 60/100 (C)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; high maintenance score.

Warnings: low downloads; pre 1.0.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 |
| Published | 2026-03-11 |
| First published | 2021-09-15 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | >=22.13 |
| Dependencies | 3 |
| Unpacked size | 6.7 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 104 |
| Author | Zoltan Kochan |
| Maintainers | zkochan |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/safe-execa
- Repository: https://github.com/zkochan/packages/tree/main/safe-execa
- Homepage: https://github.com/zkochan/packages/tree/main/safe-execa#readme
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/safe-execa

## Dependencies (3)

- [execa](https://npm.io/package/execa.md) ^9.6.1
- [path-name](https://npm.io/package/path-name.md) ^1.0.0
- [@zkochan/which](https://npm.io/package/@zkochan/which.md) ^2.0.3

## Recent versions

- 0.3.0 (latest) — 2026-03-11
- 0.1.2 (next) — 2022-07-18
- 0.2.0 — 2025-08-21
- 0.1.4 — 2024-03-27
- 0.1.3 — 2023-01-04
- 0.1.1 — 2021-09-16
- 0.1.0 — 2021-09-16
- 0.0.1 — 2021-09-15
- 0.0.0 — 2021-09-15

## README

# safe-execa

> Like execa but prevents binary planting attacks on Windows

## Installation

```
<npm|yarn|pnpm> add safe-execa
```

## License

[MIT](LICENSE) © [Zoltan Kochan](https://www.kochan.io)

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