Is protobuf safe to use?

protobuf has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.16.0). DepScope rates its health at 39/100 (critical risk).

What is the latest version of protobuf?

The latest version of protobuf is 0.16.0, released 2026-01-09.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of protobuf.

DepScope has no curated alternatives for protobuf at this time.

protobuf is licensed under MIT.

hexv0.16.0deprecated

A pure Elixir implementation of Google Protobuf.

License MITpermissive30 versions3 maintainers0 deps67,437 weekly dl

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Health

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Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

7/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

4.5/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

2

Contributors (12m)

8

Primary author dominance

26%

GitHub stars

897

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First published · 2017-05-26T16:08:12.878027Z

Last updated · 2026-01-09T14:34:31.071511Z