Is rdiscount safe to use?

rdiscount has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.2.7.5). DepScope rates its health at 65/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of rdiscount?

The latest version of rdiscount is 2.2.7.5, released 2026-04-27.

Does rdiscount have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of rdiscount.

Is rdiscount deprecated?

No, rdiscount is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.2.7.5 (2026-04-27).

What are alternatives to rdiscount?

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

What license does rdiscount use?

rdiscount is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

rdiscount

rubygemsv2.2.7.5

Fast Implementation of Gruber's Markdown in C

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive20 versions0 deps2,578 weekly dl

davidfstr/rdiscount

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 65/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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

rdiscount

rubygemsv2.2.7.5

Fast Implementation of Gruber's Markdown in C

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive20 versions0 deps2,578 weekly dl

davidfstr/rdiscount

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 65/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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