Is chef-powershell safe to use?

chef-powershell has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (18.6.6). DepScope rates its health at 54/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of chef-powershell?

The latest version of chef-powershell is 18.6.6, released 2025-10-31.

Does chef-powershell have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of chef-powershell.

Is chef-powershell deprecated?

No, chef-powershell is actively maintained. Latest release: 18.6.6 (2025-10-31).

What are alternatives to chef-powershell?

Popular alternatives to chef-powershell in RubyGems include: jmespath, netrc, thread_safe, crass, tzinfo.

What license does chef-powershell use?

chef-powershell is licensed under Apache-2.0.

chef-powershell

rubygemsv18.6.6

External Chef module for accessing and utilizing PowerShell

License Apache-2.0permissive15 versions2 deps27,455 weekly dl

chef/chef-powershell-shim/chef-powershell

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (54/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (54/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (2)

ffi ffi-yajl

API access

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