Is node-sass-chokidar still maintained?
No — node-sass-chokidar stopped being maintained around June 2022. The ecosystem moved to sass, a separate project that took over the same job.
- Status
- No longer maintained
- Last maintained
- June 2022
- Use instead
sass— on npm- Succession
- Replacement project
- Drop-in
- no — expect code changes
- Confidence
- high
What should I use instead of node-sass-chokidar?
The ecosystem moved to sass, a separate project that took over the same job. sass is not a drop-in replacement, so expect to change call sites.
How to migrate from node-sass-chokidar to sass
Replace the binary in your npm scripts: sass --watch src:dist covers the usual node-sass-chokidar --watch case, since Dart Sass ships its own watcher.
Why node-sass-chokidar is on this list
node-sass-chokidar was a thin wrapper around the node-sass CLI that swapped its file watcher for chokidar. Its README now opens with a DEPRECATED section saying "LibSass is Deprecated ... and dart-sass is the new official recommendation". The npm package is marked deprecated and last shipped 2.0.0 in June 2022.
The succession is settled: primary sources agree and the ecosystem has already moved.
node-sass-chokidar alternatives
Beyond the primary recommendation, these are credible for node-sass-chokidar's use case:
sass-embedded— view on npm
Check your own project for node-sass-chokidar
npx dead-deps --all --min-state unmaintainedRun that in the directory holding your lockfile. If node-sass-chokidar 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:
- node-sass-chokidar README deprecation bannergithub.com
- Sass team announcement: LibSass is deprecatedsass-lang.com
Packages related to node-sass-chokidar
- node-sassReimplementation: sass · unmaintained since July 2024
- @zeit/next-sassAbsorbed elsewhere: next · unmaintained since March 2020
- casperjsReplacement project: playwright · unmaintained since March 2018
- connect-multipartyReplacement project: multer · unmaintained since September 2018
- csurfReplacement project: csrf-csrf · unmaintained since January 2020
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.