Is async-tar safe to use?

async-tar has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.6.0). DepScope rates its health at 70/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of async-tar?

The latest version of async-tar is 0.6.0, released 2026-01-23.

Does async-tar have known vulnerabilities?

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

Is async-tar deprecated?

No, async-tar is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.6.0 (2026-01-23).

What are alternatives to async-tar?

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

What license does async-tar use?

async-tar is licensed under MIT/Apache-2.0.

async-tar

cargov0.6.0

A Rust implementation of an async TAR file reader and writer. This library does not currently handle compression, but it is abstract over all I/O readers and writers. Additionally, great lengths are taken to ensure that the entire contents are never required to be entirely resident in memory all at once.

License MIT/Apache-2.0permissive11 versions0 deps2,048,732 weekly dl

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safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 70/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

1/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.67high

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