Is websocat safe to use?

websocat has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.14.1). DepScope rates its health at 58/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of websocat?

The latest version of websocat is 1.14.1, released 2025-12-27.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of websocat.

No, websocat is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.14.1 (2025-12-27).

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

websocat is licensed under MIT.

cargov1.14.1

Command-line client for web sockets, like netcat/curl/socat for ws://.

License MITpermissive28 versions0 deps8,882 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 58/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

API access

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curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/cargo/websocat