Is pkg-config safe to use?

pkg-config has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.3.33). DepScope rates its health at 87/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of pkg-config?

The latest version of pkg-config is 0.3.33, released 2026-04-12.

Does pkg-config have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pkg-config.

Is pkg-config deprecated?

No, pkg-config is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.3.33 (2026-04-12).

What are alternatives to pkg-config?

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

What license does pkg-config use?

pkg-config is licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.

pkg-config

cargov0.3.33

A library to run the pkg-config system tool at build time in order to be used in Cargo build scripts.

License MIT OR Apache-2.0permissive46 versions0 deps90,450,636 weekly dl

rust-lang/pkg-config-rs

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 87/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

4.4/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

Contributors (12m)

GitHub stars

0

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.77critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

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