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chalk (latest known version: 5.6.2) has 5 known breaking changes on record, each backed by a source URL.

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Security advisories

MAL-2025-469695.6.1

Malicious code in chalk (npm)

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Recent changes

v5.0.0Breaking

Version 5.0.0 is a semver-major release over 4.1.2, but no breaking change was detected in the release notes text - flagged for manual review.

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v4.0.0Breaking

Version 4.0.0 is a semver-major release over 3.0.0-beta.1, but no breaking change was detected in the release notes text - flagged for manual review.

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v3.0.0Breaking

Version 3.0.0 is a semver-major release over 2.4.2, but no breaking change was detected in the release notes text - flagged for manual review.

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v2.0.0Breaking

- Requires Node.js 4 or later. - Removed `chalk.hasColor()`. Use the [`has-ansi`](https://github.com/chalk/has-ansi) package directly instead. https://github.com/chalk/chalk/commit/04cae226cc0fc11fd7898f3fa91fdc4a3b3e496b - Removed `chalk.stripColor()`. Use the [`strip-ansi`](https://github.com/chalk/strip-ansi) package directly instead. https://github.com/chalk/chalk/commit/04cae226cc0fc11fd7898f3fa91fdc4a3b3e496b - Removed `chalk.styles`. Use the [`ansi-styles`](https://github.com/chalk/ansi-styles) package directly instead. https://github.com/chalk/chalk/commit/870249689acc6b04e81e96d2c09c39b76c640a94

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v1.0.0Breaking

Version 1.0.0 is a semver-major release over 0.5.1, but no breaking change was detected in the release notes text - flagged for manual review.

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