Is xattr safe to use?

xattr has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.6.1). DepScope rates its health at 70/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of xattr?

The latest version of xattr is 1.6.1, released 2025-09-21.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of xattr.

No, xattr is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.6.1 (2025-09-21).

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

xattr is licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.

cargov1.6.1

unix extended filesystem attributes

License MIT OR Apache-2.0permissive30 versions0 deps35,978,187 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 70/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

2

Primary author dominance

92%

GitHub stars

69

single active maintainer 3msingle author dominance

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.75critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

API access

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