Is pkglite safe to use?

pkglite has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.2.5). DepScope rates its health at 50/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of pkglite?

The latest version of pkglite is 0.2.5, released 2026-02-24.

Does pkglite have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pkglite.

Is pkglite deprecated?

No, pkglite is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.2.5 (2026-02-24).

What are alternatives to pkglite?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for pkglite at this time.

What license does pkglite use?

pkglite is licensed under GPL-3.

pkglite

cranv0.2.5

Compact Package Representations. A tool, grammar, and standard to represent and exchange R package source code as text files. Converts one or more source packages to a text file and restores the package structures from the file.

License GPL-3strong copyleft0 versions1 maintainers3 deps205 weekly dl

Merck/pkglite

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 50/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

3/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (3)

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API access

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First published · 2026-02-24 23:05:48

Last updated · 2026-02-24T21:30:02+00:00