Is boring-sys safe to use?

boring-sys has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (5.1.0). DepScope rates its health at 82/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of boring-sys?

The latest version of boring-sys is 5.1.0, released 2026-04-17.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of boring-sys.

No, boring-sys is actively maintained. Latest release: 5.1.0 (2026-04-17).

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

boring-sys is licensed under MIT.

cargov5.1.0

FFI bindings to BoringSSL

License MITpermissive54 versions0 deps751,324 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 82/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

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