Is ast-grep safe to use?

ast-grep has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.42.1). DepScope rates its health at 75/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of ast-grep?

The latest version of ast-grep is 0.42.1, released 2026-04-04.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of ast-grep.

No, ast-grep is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.42.1 (2026-04-04).

Popular alternatives to ast-grep in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

ast-grep is licensed under MIT.

cargov0.42.1

Search and Rewrite code at large scale using precise AST pattern

License MITpermissive169 versions0 deps25,709 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 75/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

API access

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