Is fastDummies safe to use?

fastDummies has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.7.6). DepScope rates its health at 62/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of fastDummies?

The latest version of fastDummies is 1.7.6, released 2026-04-22.

Does fastDummies have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of fastDummies.

Is fastDummies deprecated?

No, fastDummies is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.7.6 (2026-04-22).

What are alternatives to fastDummies?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for fastDummies at this time.

What license does fastDummies use?

fastDummies is licensed under MIT + file LICENSE.

fastDummies

cranv1.7.6

Fast Creation of Dummy (Binary) Columns and Rows from Categorical Variables. Creates dummy columns from columns that have categorical variables (character or factor types). You can also specify which columns to make dummies out of, or which columns to ignore. Also creates dummy rows from character, factor, and Date columns. This package provides a significant speed increase

License MIT + file LICENSE0 versions1 maintainers3 deps22,260 weekly dl

jacobkap/fastDummies

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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 (3)

data.table tibble stringr

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First published · 2026-04-22 17:39:12

Last updated · 2026-04-22T15:10:02+00:00