Is launchy safe to use?

launchy has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (3.1.1). DepScope rates its health at 56/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of launchy?

The latest version of launchy is 3.1.1, released 2025-02-21.

Does launchy have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of launchy.

Is launchy deprecated?

No, launchy is actively maintained. Latest release: 3.1.1 (2025-02-21).

What are alternatives to launchy?

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

launchy

rubygemsv3.1.1

Launchy is helper class for launching cross-platform applications in a fire and forget manner. There are application concepts (browser, email client, etc) that are common across all platforms, and they may be launched differently on each platform. Launchy is here to make a common approach to launching external applications from within ruby programs.

License ISCpermissive20 versions3 deps14,594,740 weekly dl

copiousfreetime/launchy

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 56/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

0/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

2.4/10

poor

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

0

Primary author dominance

0%

GitHub stars

794

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

Download trend

stable(0%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (3)

addressable childprocess logger

API access

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