Is angular still maintained?
No — angular stopped being maintained around January 2022. @angular/core is the same idea rebuilt from scratch.
- Status
- No longer maintained
- Last maintained
- January 2022
- Use instead
@angular/core— on npm- Succession
- Reimplementation
- Drop-in
- no — expect code changes
- Confidence
- high
What should I use instead of angular?
@angular/core is the same idea rebuilt from scratch. @angular/core is not a drop-in replacement, so expect to change call sites.
How to migrate from angular to @angular/core
There is no automatic upgrade. The documented route is incremental: run both frameworks together via ngUpgrade and move component by component, or rewrite the application.
Why angular is on this list
AngularJS, published as the unscoped angular package, reached end of support in January 2022; the official version support page states this and the npm deprecation notice points at @angular/core. The final release, 1.8.3, shipped in April 2022. Modern Angular is a ground-up rebuild by the same team, published under the @angular/* scope rather than as a new major of the same library.
The succession is settled: primary sources agree and the ecosystem has already moved.
angular alternatives
Beyond the primary recommendation, these are credible for angular's use case:
vue— view on npmreact— view on npmsvelte— view on npm
Check your own project for angular
npx dead-deps --all --min-state unmaintainedRun that in the directory holding your lockfile. If angular is anywhere in your tree — a direct dependency or buried under something else — it appears in the report with this verdict, this successor and the same evidence links, alongside anything else that has stopped moving. Nothing is uploaded; the scan reads your lockfile locally and queries public registry metadata.
Exit code 1 means something was flagged, which makes npx dead-deps --min-state deprecated usable as a CI gate. See how verdicts are produced.
Evidence
Every claim on this page traces to a primary source. Check them:
- npm deprecation notice on angular pointing at @angular/corenpmjs.com
- AngularJS version support status (official docs)docs.angularjs.org
Packages related to angular
- @angular/httpAbsorbed elsewhere: @angular/common · unmaintained since May 2019
- recomposeAbsorbed elsewhere: react · unmaintained since October 2018
- cuidReimplementation: @paralleldrive/cuid2 · unmaintained since January 2023
- express-graphqlReimplementation: graphql-http · unmaintained since November 2020
- node-sassReimplementation: sass · unmaintained since July 2024
See the full index of covered packages, or read the methodology for how a verdict is reached and why a quiet package is not a dead one.