Is curses safe to use?

curses has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.6.0). DepScope rates its health at 66/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of curses?

The latest version of curses is 1.6.0, released 2026-03-06.

Does curses have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of curses.

Is curses deprecated?

No, curses is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.6.0 (2026-03-06).

What are alternatives to curses?

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

curses

rubygemsv1.6.0

A Ruby binding for curses, ncurses, and PDCurses. curses is an extension library for text UI applications. Formerly part of the Ruby standard library, [curses was removed and placed in this gem][1] with the release of Ruby 2.1.0. (see [ruby/ruby@9c5b2fd][2])

License Ruby20 versions0 deps12,060 weekly dl

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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

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