git2 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.20.4). DepScope rates its health at 85/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of git2?

The latest version of git2 is 0.20.4, released 2026-02-02.

Does git2 have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of git2.

No, git2 is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.20.4 (2026-02-02).

What are alternatives to git2?

Popular alternatives to git2 in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

What license does git2 use?

git2 is licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.

git2

cargov0.20.4

Bindings to libgit2 for interoperating with git repositories. This library is both threadsafe and memory safe and allows both reading and writing git repositories.

License MIT OR Apache-2.0permissive124 versions0 deps14,363,418 weekly dl

rust-lang/git2-rs

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 85/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

5/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

7

Contributors (12m)

15

Primary author dominance

30%

GitHub stars

2,037

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.72critical

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

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