Is windows-sys safe to use?

windows-sys has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.61.2). DepScope rates its health at 89/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of windows-sys?

The latest version of windows-sys is 0.61.2, released 2025-10-06.

Does windows-sys have known vulnerabilities?

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

Is windows-sys deprecated?

No, windows-sys is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.61.2 (2025-10-06).

What are alternatives to windows-sys?

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

What license does windows-sys use?

windows-sys is licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.

windows-sys

cargov0.61.2

Rust for Windows

License MIT OR Apache-2.0permissive23 versions0 deps359,540,362 weekly dl

microsoft/windows-rs

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 89/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

7/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.5/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

4

Contributors (12m)

4

Primary author dominance

75%

GitHub stars

12,132

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.75critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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windows-sys

cargov0.61.2

Rust for Windows

License MIT OR Apache-2.0permissive23 versions0 deps359,540,362 weekly dl

microsoft/windows-rs

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 89/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

7/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.5/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

4

Contributors (12m)

4

Primary author dominance

75%

GitHub stars

12,132

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.75critical

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/windows-sys