Is feathers still maintained?
No — feathers stopped being maintained around January 2018. The same project continues under the name @feathersjs/feathers.
- Status
- No longer maintained
- Last maintained
- January 2018
- Use instead
@feathersjs/feathers— on npm- Succession
- Renamed package
- Drop-in
- no — expect code changes
- Confidence
- high
What should I use instead of feathers?
The same project continues under the name @feathersjs/feathers. @feathersjs/feathers is not a drop-in replacement, so expect to change call sites.
How to migrate from feathers to @feathersjs/feathers
Follow the Buzzard migration guide: the core moves to @feathersjs/feathers, and the transport and client pieces become separate @feathersjs/* packages such as @feathersjs/express and @feathersjs/socketio. If you are jumping straight to v5, the v5 guide covers the later named-export change.
Why feathers is on this list
Feathers split into scoped packages with version 3 (Buzzard), and the unscoped feathers package stopped at 2.2.4 in January 2018. Its npm notice says Feathers v3 has moved to @feathersjs/feathers and links to the project's migration guide. The scoped packages are actively released; Feathers is now on v5.
The succession is settled: primary sources agree and the ecosystem has already moved.
feathers alternatives
Beyond the primary recommendation, these are credible for feathers's use case:
@nestjs/core— view on npmexpress— view on npm
Check your own project for feathers
npx dead-deps --all --min-state unmaintainedRun that in the directory holding your lockfile. If feathers 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 for feathersnpmjs.com
- Feathers v3 (Buzzard) migration guide documenting the move to the @feathersjs scopebuzzard.docs.feathersjs.com
Packages related to feathers
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- boomRenamed package: @hapi/boom · unmaintained since November 2018
- @hapi/joiRenamed package: joi · unmaintained since March 2020
- @material-ui/coreRenamed package: @mui/material · unmaintained since September 2021
- apollo-serverRenamed package: @apollo/server · unmaintained since November 2023
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.