Is async-channel safe to use?

async-channel has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.5.0). DepScope rates its health at 69/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of async-channel?

The latest version of async-channel is 2.5.0, released 2025-07-06.

Does async-channel have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of async-channel.

Is async-channel deprecated?

No, async-channel is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.5.0 (2025-07-06).

What are alternatives to async-channel?

Popular alternatives to async-channel in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

What license does async-channel use?

async-channel is licensed under Apache-2.0 OR MIT.

async-channel

cargov2.5.0

Async multi-producer multi-consumer channel

License Apache-2.0 OR MITpermissive26 versions0 deps42,126,359 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 69/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

3.9/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

4

Primary author dominance

40%

GitHub stars

938

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.75critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

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