Is simple-dns safe to use?

simple-dns has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.11.2). DepScope rates its health at 70/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of simple-dns?

The latest version of simple-dns is 0.11.2, released 2026-01-06.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of simple-dns.

No, simple-dns is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.11.2 (2026-01-06).

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

simple-dns is licensed under MIT.

cargov0.11.2

Rust implementation to parse and write DNS packets

License MITpermissive36 versions0 deps1,740,973 weekly dl

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Health

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

0.66high

API access

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