Is blake3 safe to use?

blake3 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.8.5). DepScope rates its health at 67/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of blake3?

The latest version of blake3 is 1.8.5, released 2026-04-25.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of blake3.

No, blake3 is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.8.5 (2026-04-25).

DepScope has no curated alternatives for blake3 at this time.

blake3 is licensed under CC0-1.0 OR Apache-2.0.

homebrewv1.8.5

C implementation of the BLAKE3 cryptographic hash function

License CC0-1.0 OR Apache-2.0permissive1 versions1 maintainers1 deps2,979 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 67/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

0

Primary author dominance

0%

GitHub stars

6,187

single active maintainer 3m

Dependencies (1)

API access

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Last updated · 2026-04-25T04:59:03Z