https://github.com/helmetjs/helmet

helmet http-headers javascript middleware security

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Last synced: about 15 hours ago
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Help secure Express apps with various HTTP headers

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/helmetjs/helmet
Owner: helmetjs
License: mit
Created: 2012-02-01T22:54:45.000Z (about 14 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2026-02-03T15:08:06.000Z (6 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-04T01:25:01.456Z (5 days ago)
Topics: helmet, http-headers, javascript, middleware, security
Language: TypeScript
Homepage: https://helmetjs.github.io/
Size: 2.27 MB
Stars: 10,624
Watchers: 95
Forks: 394
Open Issues: 3
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Security: SECURITY.md

Owner metadata:

Name: Helmet
Login: helmetjs
Email:
Kind: organization
Description: Express.js security with HTTP headers
Website: https://helmetjs.github.io/
Location:
Twitter:
Company:
Icon url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8338613?v=4
Repositories: 22
Last Synced at: 2024-04-14T06:39:55.582Z
Profile URL: https://github.com/helmetjs

GitHub Events

Total

Create event: 12
Delete event: 7
Fork event: 30
Gollum event: 4
Issue comment event: 42
Issues event: 15
Pull request event: 28
Pull request review event: 3
Push event: 20
Watch event: 318
Total: 479

Last Year

Create event: 12
Delete event: 7
Fork event: 29
Gollum event: 4
Issue comment event: 40
Issues event: 13
Pull request event: 28
Pull request review event: 3
Push event: 20
Watch event: 299
Total: 455

Committers metadata

Last synced: about 1 month ago

Total Commits: 983
Total Committers: 53
Avg Commits per committer: 18.547
Development Distribution Score (DDS): 0.143

Commits in past year: 42
Committers in past year: 3
Avg Commits per committer in past year: 14.0
Development Distribution Score (DDS) in past year: 0.143

Name	Email	Commits
Evan Hahn	m**e@e**m	842
Adam Baldwin	b**n@a**t	32
Adam Baldwin	a**n@n**m	15
Frazer Smith	4****s	9
dependabot[bot]	4****]	7
Matt	m**t@m**m	6
Ameen Abdeen	a**n@l**m	5
Evan Hahn	e**n@c**m	4
thefourtheye	t**o@g**m	4
oroce	r**t@o**t	3
Sohrab Chegini	s**i@g**m	3
Mathias Bogaert	m**t@g**m	3
Michael Garvin	g**r@a**t	3
panpansh	p**l@g**m	2
Jon Buckley	j**n@j**a	2
Najam Ul Saqib	n**b@t**m	2
Nathan Vander Wilt	n**w@y**m	2
Rene Hamburger	r**r@g**m	2
Yufan Lou	2****2	2
Gowtam Lal	g**l@e**m	2
Alejandro Oviedo	a**g@g**m	1
ArthurKa	a**k@g**m	1
Bence Dányi	m**e@g**m	1
Benno van den Berg	b**g@g**m	1
Calvin	c**5@g**m	1
Cole Murray	c**s@g**m	1
Curt Keisler	c****r	1
nathannaveen	4****n	1
fcrozatier	f**r@p**m	1
Tobias Hernstig	3****g	1
and 23 more...

Issue and Pull Request metadata

Last synced: 3 months ago

Total issues: 117
Total pull requests: 74
Average time to close issues: 2 months
Average time to close pull requests: 23 days
Total issue authors: 94
Total pull request authors: 25
Average comments per issue: 5.85
Average comments per pull request: 2.54
Merged pull request: 37
Bot issues: 1
Bot pull requests: 18

Past year issues: 9
Past year pull requests: 29
Past year average time to close issues: 17 days
Past year average time to close pull requests: 3 days
Past year issue authors: 9
Past year pull request authors: 7
Past year average comments per issue: 2.11
Past year average comments per pull request: 1.34
Past year merged pull request: 10
Past year bot issues: 1
Past year bot pull requests: 11

More stats: https://issues.ecosyste.ms/repositories/lookup?url=https://github.com/helmetjs/helmet

Top Issue Authors

EvanHahn (14)
Pomax (3)
thernstig (3)
Malvoz (2)
krishnaTORQUE (2)
glensc (2)
NihilumPlays (2)
marnixhoh (2)
Fdawgs (2)
nck (1)
Redoxahmii (1)
oshihirii (1)
samerbuna (1)
soloroman (1)
dependabot[bot] (1)

Top Pull Request Authors

dependabot[bot] (18)
EvanHahn (12)
Fdawgs (9)
sohrb (6)
njmulsqb (3)
JasonnnW3000 (2)
Uzlopak (2)
DEVitor0 (2)
mdmower-csnw (2)
Pauline-sh (2)
webketje (2)
mr-short (1)
reislucaz (1)
JessieFrance (1)
Hashen110 (1)

Top Issue Labels

needs more information (47)
good starter task (8)
feedback wanted (6)
dependencies (1)
github_actions (1)

Top Pull Request Labels

dependencies (17)
javascript (12)
github_actions (5)
feedback wanted (1)
needs more information (1)

Package metadata

Total packages: 9
Total downloads:
- npm: 23,963,708 last-month
Total docker downloads: 523,833,677
Total dependent packages: 3,196 (may contain duplicates)
Total dependent repositories: 390,546 (may contain duplicates)
Total versions: 313
Total maintainers: 2
Total advisories: 1

npmjs.org: helmet

help secure Express/Connect apps with various HTTP headers

Homepage: https://helmetjs.github.io/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 8.1.0 (published 11 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-10T21:58:47.849Z (30 days ago)
Versions: 133
Dependent Packages: 3,069
Dependent Repositories: 128,887
Downloads: 19,967,595 Last month
Docker Downloads: 418,059,232
Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 0.029%
- Downloads: 0.067%
- Dependent repos count: 0.096%
- Docker downloads count: 0.107%
- Average: 0.536%
- Stargazers count: 1.058%
- Forks count: 1.861%
Maintainers (2)
- adam_baldwin
- evanhahn

npmjs.org: helmet-csp

Content Security Policy middleware

Homepage: https://helmetjs.github.io/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 4.0.0 (published over 1 year ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-10T06:07:44.105Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 42
Dependent Packages: 47
Dependent Repositories: 58,533
Downloads: 1,433,916 Last month
Docker Downloads: 35,279,753
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.135%
- Downloads: 0.189%
- Docker downloads count: 0.219%
- Dependent packages count: 0.621%
- Average: 0.68%
- Stargazers count: 1.058%
- Forks count: 1.861%
Maintainers (1)
- evanhahn
Advisories:
- Configuration Override in helmet-csp

npmjs.org: x-xss-protection

Middleware to disable the X-XSS-Protection header

Homepage: https://helmetjs.github.io/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 2.0.0 (published over 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-09T04:07:48.081Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 9
Dependent Packages: 25
Dependent Repositories: 57,328
Downloads: 1,310,295 Last month
Docker Downloads: 35,247,742
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.136%
- Downloads: 0.189%
- Docker downloads count: 0.22%
- Average: 0.74%
- Dependent packages count: 0.977%
- Stargazers count: 1.058%
- Forks count: 1.861%
Maintainers (1)
- evanhahn

npmjs.org: frameguard

Middleware to set X-Frame-Options headers

Homepage: https://helmetjs.github.io/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 4.0.0 (published about 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-10T14:57:43.309Z (30 days ago)
Versions: 10
Dependent Packages: 32
Dependent Repositories: 50,319
Downloads: 507,347 Last month
Docker Downloads: 11,978,951
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.144%
- Docker downloads count: 0.306%
- Downloads: 0.308%
- Average: 0.748%
- Dependent packages count: 0.81%
- Stargazers count: 1.058%
- Forks count: 1.861%
Maintainers (1)
- evanhahn

npmjs.org: ienoopen

Middleware to set `X-Download-Options` header for IE8 security

Homepage: https://helmetjs.github.io/docs/ienoopen/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 1.1.1 (published over 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-09T20:49:46.195Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 4
Dependent Packages: 16
Dependent Repositories: 48,242
Downloads: 384,079 Last month
Docker Downloads: 11,974,186
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.146%
- Docker downloads count: 0.306%
- Downloads: 0.317%
- Average: 0.845%
- Stargazers count: 1.058%
- Dependent packages count: 1.38%
- Forks count: 1.861%
Maintainers (1)
- evanhahn

npmjs.org: expect-ct

Middleware to set the Expect-CT header

Homepage: https://helmetjs.github.io/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 1.0.0 (published over 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-09T14:36:32.560Z (about 1 month ago)
Versions: 5
Dependent Packages: 6
Dependent Repositories: 47,235
Downloads: 360,214 Last month
Docker Downloads: 11,293,813
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.148%
- Docker downloads count: 0.309%
- Downloads: 0.325%
- Stargazers count: 1.058%
- Average: 1.13%
- Forks count: 1.861%
- Dependent packages count: 3.082%
Maintainers (1)
- evanhahn

proxy.golang.org: github.com/helmetjs/helmet

Homepage:
Documentation: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/helmetjs/helmet#section-documentation
Licenses: mit
Latest release: v8.1.0+incompatible (published 11 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-10T15:05:28.897Z (30 days ago)
Versions: 105
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 1
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.645%
- Forks count: 1.446%
- Average: 4.103%
- Dependent repos count: 4.744%
- Dependent packages count: 9.575%

npmjs.org: cross-origin-resource-policy

Middleware to set the Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy header

Homepage: https://helmetjs.github.io/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 0.3.0 (published almost 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2025-12-07T19:08:52.524Z (2 months ago)
Versions: 4
Dependent Packages: 1
Dependent Repositories: 1
Downloads: 262 Last month
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 1.036%
- Forks count: 1.836%
- Average: 8.712%
- Downloads: 9.333%
- Dependent repos count: 10.353%
- Dependent packages count: 20.999%
Maintainers (1)
- evanhahn

repo1.maven.org: org.webjars.npm:helmet

WebJar for helmet

Homepage: http://webjars.org
Documentation: https://appdoc.app/artifact/org.webjars.npm/helmet/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 3.18.0 (published over 6 years ago)
Last Synced: 2025-12-07T19:08:53.250Z (2 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 2.471%
- Forks count: 7.541%
- Average: 22.713%
- Dependent repos count: 31.98%
- Dependent packages count: 48.86%

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package-lock.json npm

405 dependencies

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@rollup/plugin-typescript ^8.3.3 development
@types/connect ^3.4.35 development
@types/jest ^28.1.3 development
@types/supertest ^2.0.12 development
@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin ^5.29.0 development
@typescript-eslint/parser ^5.29.0 development
connect ^3.7.0 development
eslint ^8.18.0 development
jest ^28.1.1 development
prettier ^2.7.1 development
rollup ^2.75.7 development
supertest ^6.2.3 development
ts-jest ^28.0.5 development
typescript ^4.7.4 development

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