Is chicken safe to use?

chicken has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (5.4.0). DepScope rates its health at 49/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of chicken?

The latest version of chicken is 5.4.0, released 2025-09-12.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of chicken.

No, chicken is actively maintained. Latest release: 5.4.0 (2025-09-12).

DepScope has no curated alternatives for chicken at this time.

chicken is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

homebrewv5.4.0

Compiler for the Scheme programming language

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive1 versions1 maintainers0 deps248 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 49/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

3/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

API access

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Last updated · 2025-09-12T20:16:34Z