Is byebug safe to use?

byebug has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (13.0.0). DepScope rates its health at 71/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of byebug?

The latest version of byebug is 13.0.0, released 2026-01-15.

Does byebug have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of byebug.

Is byebug deprecated?

No, byebug is actively maintained. Latest release: 13.0.0 (2026-01-15).

What are alternatives to byebug?

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

What license does byebug use?

byebug is licensed under BSD-2-Clause.

byebug

rubygemsv13.0.0

Byebug is a Ruby debugger. It's implemented using the TracePoint C API for execution control and the Debug Inspector C API for call stack navigation. The core component provides support that front-ends can build on. It provides breakpoint handling and bindings for stack frames among other things and it comes with an easy to use command line interface.

License BSD-2-Clausepermissive20 versions1 deps3,932,293 weekly dl

deivid-rodriguez/byebug

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 71/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

5/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.44medium

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

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