Is net-smtp safe to use?

net-smtp has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.5.1). DepScope rates its health at 60/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of net-smtp?

The latest version of net-smtp is 0.5.1, released 2025-02-05.

Does net-smtp have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of net-smtp.

Is net-smtp deprecated?

No, net-smtp is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.5.1 (2025-02-05).

What are alternatives to net-smtp?

Popular alternatives to net-smtp in RubyGems include: jmespath, netrc, thread_safe, crass, tzinfo.

What license does net-smtp use?

net-smtp is licensed under Ruby.

net-smtp

rubygemsv0.5.1

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol client library for Ruby.

License Ruby14 versions1 deps66,440,814 weekly dl

ruby/net-smtp

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Health

safe to use

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

Health breakdown0 – 100

5/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

1/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

3.2/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

2

Primary author dominance

50%

GitHub stars

55

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.51high

Download trend

stable(+2.2%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

net-protocol

API access

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