Is excavate safe to use?

excavate has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.1.0). DepScope rates its health at 65/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of excavate?

The latest version of excavate is 1.1.0, released 2026-04-03.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of excavate.

No, excavate is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.1.0 (2026-04-03).

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

excavate is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

rubygemsv1.1.0

Extract nested archives with a single command. Part of the Omnizip suite.

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive20 versions3 deps3,576 weekly dl

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Health

use with caution

Package name resembles 'escalate' (possible typosquat). Verify the name is what you intend before installing.

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

⚠ Possible typosquat

Name is close to a popular package. Targets:

escalate (adjacent_swap_or_double dist 2)

Dependencies (3)

API access

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