Is base64 safe to use?

base64 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.3.0). DepScope rates its health at 59/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of base64?

The latest version of base64 is 0.3.0, released 2025-05-30.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of base64.

No, base64 is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.3.0 (2025-05-30).

Popular alternatives to base64 in RubyGems include: jmespath, netrc, thread_safe, crass, tzinfo.

rubygemsv0.3.0

Support for encoding and decoding binary data using a Base64 representation.

License Ruby5 versions0 deps162,840,612 weekly dl

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 59/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

3/15

maturity

1/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

3

Contributors (12m)

9

Primary author dominance

45%

GitHub stars

32

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(0%)

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/rubygems/base64