Is crates-io safe to use?

crates-io has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.40.18). DepScope rates its health at 79/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of crates-io?

The latest version of crates-io is 0.40.18, released 2026-04-18.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of crates-io.

No, crates-io is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.40.18 (2026-04-18).

Popular alternatives to crates-io in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

crates-io is licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.

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Helpers for interacting with crates.io

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 79/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

API access

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