Is rand_chacha safe to use?

rand_chacha has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.10.0). DepScope rates its health at 87/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of rand_chacha?

The latest version of rand_chacha is 0.10.0, released 2026-02-02.

Does rand_chacha have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of rand_chacha.

Is rand_chacha deprecated?

No, rand_chacha is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.10.0 (2026-02-02).

What are alternatives to rand_chacha?

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

What license does rand_chacha use?

rand_chacha is licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.

rand_chacha

cargov0.10.0

ChaCha random number generator

License MIT OR Apache-2.0permissive16 versions0 deps239,740,207 weekly dl

rust-random/rand

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 87/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

5/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

6.1/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

7

Contributors (12m)

8

Primary author dominance

71%

GitHub stars

2,025

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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rand_chacha

cargov0.10.0

ChaCha random number generator

License MIT OR Apache-2.0permissive16 versions0 deps239,740,207 weekly dl

rust-random/rand

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 87/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

5/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

6.1/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

7

Contributors (12m)

8

Primary author dominance

71%

GitHub stars

2,025

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/cargo/rand_chacha