Hacktoberfest 2026: the issues maintainers tagged for October, open and beginner-friendly. Browse Hacktoberfest issues

get rif of lodash dependency

Open
#991 1 comment 8 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
backend

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by running npm i and tracing where the lodash dependency is declared and used; done means the dependency and its uses are removed without the reported vulnerability warnings.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

Description

Let's be professionals and remove the old, legacy, bad, ugly and insecure lodash dependency that this repository has. It's very easy to do so and implement our own functions so everybody who uses this packages win.

Reproduction

npm i and a lot of warnings about vulerabilities on lodash dependency come out

Environment

Please provide the following:

  • Version of this library used: 9.0.2
  • Version of the platform or framework used, if applicable: nodejs20
  • Other relevant versions (language, server software, OS, browser): mac
  • Other modules/plugins/libraries that might be involved: N/A
Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
18.2k
Forks
1.3k
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

More from auth0/node-jsonwebtoken

All issues in auth0/node-jsonwebtoken

Similar issues

More JavaScript issues

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.