Is harfbuzz safe to use?

harfbuzz has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (14.2.1). DepScope rates its health at 76/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of harfbuzz?

The latest version of harfbuzz is 14.2.1, released 2026-06-02.

Does harfbuzz have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of harfbuzz.

Is harfbuzz deprecated?

No, harfbuzz is actively maintained. Latest release: 14.2.1 (2026-06-02).

What are alternatives to harfbuzz?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for harfbuzz at this time.

What license does harfbuzz use?

harfbuzz is licensed under MIT.

harfbuzz

homebrewv14.2.1

OpenType text shaping engine

License MITpermissive1 versions1 maintainers11 deps39,358 weekly dl

harfbuzz/harfbuzz

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 76/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

7/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

6

Contributors (12m)

6

Primary author dominance

93%

GitHub stars

5,581

single author dominance

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (11)

cairo freetype glib graphite2 icu4c@78 libpng gobject-introspection meson ninja pkgconf [email protected]

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/homebrew/harfbuzz

Last updated · 2026-06-02T20:38:26Z

harfbuzz

homebrewv14.2.1

OpenType text shaping engine

License MITpermissive1 versions1 maintainers11 deps39,358 weekly dl

harfbuzz/harfbuzz

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 76/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

7/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

6

Contributors (12m)

6

Primary author dominance

93%

GitHub stars

5,581

single author dominance

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (11)

cairo freetype glib graphite2 icu4c@78 libpng gobject-introspection meson ninja pkgconf [email protected]

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/homebrew/harfbuzz

Last updated · 2026-06-02T20:38:26Z