Is vctrs safe to use?

vctrs has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.7.3). DepScope rates its health at 66/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of vctrs?

The latest version of vctrs is 0.7.3, released 2026-04-11.

Does vctrs have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of vctrs.

No, vctrs is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.7.3 (2026-04-11).

What are alternatives to vctrs?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for vctrs at this time.

What license does vctrs use?

vctrs is licensed under MIT + file LICENSE.

vctrs

cranv0.7.3

Vector Helpers. Defines new notions of prototype and size that are used to provide tools for consistent and well-founded type-coercion and size-recycling, and are in turn connected to ideas of type- and size-stability useful for analysing function interfaces.

License MIT + file LICENSE0 versions1 maintainers4 deps514,566 weekly dl

r-lib/vctrs

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 66/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

2

Contributors (12m)

6

Primary author dominance

94%

GitHub stars

302

single author dominance

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (4)

cli glue lifecycle rlang

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First published · 2026-04-11 06:42:11

Last updated · 2026-04-11T05:20:03+00:00