Is alacritty safe to use?

alacritty has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.17.0). DepScope rates its health at 78/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of alacritty?

The latest version of alacritty is 0.17.0, released 2026-04-06.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of alacritty.

No, alacritty is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.17.0 (2026-04-06).

Popular alternatives to alacritty in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

alacritty is licensed under Apache-2.0.

cargov0.17.0

A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator

License Apache-2.0permissive48 versions0 deps7,152 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 78/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

10/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

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