Is mecab safe to use?

mecab has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.996.13). DepScope rates its health at 46/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of mecab?

The latest version of mecab is 0.996.13, released 2025-12-14.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of mecab.

No, mecab is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.996.13 (2025-12-14).

Popular alternatives to mecab in PyPI include: boto3, packaging, idna, urllib3, typing-extensions.

mecab is licensed under GPL-2.0-only OR LGPL-2.1-only OR BSD-3-Clause.

pypiv0.996.13

a Python binding for unofficial fork of MeCab

License GPL-2.0-only OR LGPL-2.1-only OR BSD-3-Clausepermissive7 versions0 deps

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 46/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

6/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

API access

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