Is ripgrep safe to use?

ripgrep has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (15.1.0). DepScope rates its health at 66/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of ripgrep?

The latest version of ripgrep is 15.1.0, released 2026-03-20.

Does ripgrep have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of ripgrep.

Is ripgrep deprecated?

No, ripgrep is actively maintained. Latest release: 15.1.0 (2026-03-20).

What are alternatives to ripgrep?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for ripgrep at this time.

What license does ripgrep use?

ripgrep is licensed under Unlicense.

ripgrep

homebrewv15.1.0

Search tool like grep and The Silver Searcher

License Unlicensepermissive1 versions1 maintainers4 deps19,060 weekly dl

BurntSushi/ripgrep

/ 100

Health

safe to use

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

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

4.0/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

3

Contributors (12m)

22

Primary author dominance

78%

GitHub stars

62,942

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (4)

pcre2 asciidoctor pkgconf rust

API access

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Last updated · 2026-03-20T11:37:41Z