Is perf-event-open-sys safe to use?

perf-event-open-sys has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (6.0.0). DepScope rates its health at 74/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of perf-event-open-sys?

The latest version of perf-event-open-sys is 6.0.0, released 2026-02-12.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of perf-event-open-sys.

No, perf-event-open-sys is actively maintained. Latest release: 6.0.0 (2026-02-12).

Popular alternatives to perf-event-open-sys in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

perf-event-open-sys is licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.

cargov6.0.0

Unsafe, direct bindings for Linux's perf_event_open system call, with associated types and constants.

License MIT OR Apache-2.0permissive15 versions0 deps1,103,231 weekly dl

74

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 74/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

0

none known

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