Is knife-windows safe to use?

knife-windows has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (5.0.7). DepScope rates its health at 60/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of knife-windows?

The latest version of knife-windows is 5.0.7, released 2026-02-16.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of knife-windows.

No, knife-windows is actively maintained. Latest release: 5.0.7 (2026-02-16).

Popular alternatives to knife-windows in RubyGems include: jmespath, netrc, thread_safe, crass, tzinfo.

knife-windows is licensed under Apache-2.0.

rubygemsv5.0.7

Plugin that adds functionality to Chef Infra's Knife CLI for configuring/interacting with nodes running Microsoft Windows

License Apache-2.0permissive20 versions3 deps1,552 weekly dl

60

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 60/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

0

none known

Dependencies (3)

API access

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