# nodesecurity/nsp

node security platform command-line tool

Repository: https://github.com/nodesecurity/nsp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nsp
Homepage: https://nodesecurity.io
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-05-08T00:19:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4083, "days_push": 3040, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1653, forks 105 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:17.141940+00:00)

## What it is
nsp is the Node Security Platform command-line tool that checks Node.js projects for known vulnerabilities in their dependencies, with CVSS-based filtering, thresholds, and pluggable output reporters. It was acquired by npm, Inc. in April 2018 and is no longer maintained; users should use `npm audit` instead.

## Use cases
- scan node project dependencies for known vulnerabilities
- check npm packages against security advisories
- fail CI builds when dependencies have CVEs above a CVSS threshold
- output vulnerability reports as json or codeclimate in CI

## When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy project already configured to use nsp

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - the tool is abandoned and the service was acquired by npm
- you want ongoing vulnerability database updates - use npm audit or Snyk instead

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: security, vulnerability-scanning, dependency-audit, cli
- domain: security, developer-tools, backend
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: npm, node-security, cvss, deprecated, acquired-by-npm, nodejs

## Member repositories
- nodesecurity/nsp (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:17.141940+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:44:58.434063+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nodesecurity/nsp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:17.141940+00:00, sha 79dc9de4ac6e)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/nsp (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:10.024576+00:00, sha 5df9ada18fc8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.