Is rentrez safe to use?

rentrez has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.2.4). DepScope rates its health at 47/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of rentrez?

The latest version of rentrez is 1.2.4, released 2025-06-11.

Does rentrez have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of rentrez.

Is rentrez deprecated?

No, rentrez is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.2.4 (2025-06-11).

What are alternatives to rentrez?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for rentrez at this time.

What license does rentrez use?

rentrez is licensed under MIT + file LICENSE.

rentrez

cranv1.2.4

'Entrez' in R. Provides an R interface to the NCBI's 'EUtils' API, allowing users to search databases like 'GenBank' <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/> and 'PubMed' <https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/>, process the results of those searches and pull data into their R sessions.

License MIT + file LICENSE0 versions1 maintainers3 deps10,560 weekly dl

ropensci/rentrez/

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 47/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (3)

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First published · 2025-06-11 11:50:03

Last updated · 2025-06-11T10:00:02+00:00