V8 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (8.2.0). DepScope rates its health at 62/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of V8?

The latest version of V8 is 8.2.0, released 2026-04-21.

Does V8 have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of V8.

No, V8 is actively maintained. Latest release: 8.2.0 (2026-04-21).

What are alternatives to V8?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for V8 at this time.

What license does V8 use?

V8 is licensed under MIT + file LICENSE.

V8

cranv8.2.0

Embedded JavaScript and WebAssembly Engine for R. An R interface to V8 <https://v8.dev>: Google's open source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. This package can be compiled either with V8 or NodeJS when built as a shared library.

License MIT + file LICENSE0 versions1 maintainers4 deps87,266 weekly dl

https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=V8

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 62/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (4)

Rcpp jsonlite curl utils

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First published · 2026-04-21 06:23:34

Last updated · 2026-04-21T04:10:34+00:00