# now — Deprecated npm packages and their maintainer-named replacement For now, latest published version is 21.0.1; named replacement is vercel, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25; source re-checked 2026-09-14. - **Package:** now _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Latest published version:** 21.0.1 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Maintainer's deprecation message:** \"now\" is deprecated and will stop receiving updates on December 31, 2020. Please use \"vercel\" instead. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Named replacement:** vercel _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ ## What the source says > "deprecated":"\"now\" is deprecated and will stop receiving updates on December 31, 2020. Please use \"vercel\" instead." ## Source - https://registry.npmjs.org/now Last verified: 2026-09-14. Review by: 2027-02-21. Part of [Deprecated npm packages and their maintainer-named replacement](https://referencesource.org/npm-deprecated-package-recommended-replacement/).