Is getifaddrs safe to use?

getifaddrs has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.6.1). DepScope rates its health at 68/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of getifaddrs?

The latest version of getifaddrs is 0.6.1, released 2026-03-30.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of getifaddrs.

No, getifaddrs is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.6.1 (2026-03-30).

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

getifaddrs is licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.

cargov0.6.1

A cross-platform library for retrieving network interface addresses and indices (getifaddrs, if_nametoindex, if_indextoname).

License MIT OR Apache-2.0permissive13 versions0 deps254,110 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 68/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

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