Is fakechroot safe to use?

fakechroot has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.20.1). DepScope rates its health at 44/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of fakechroot?

The latest version of fakechroot is 2.20.1, released 2025-04-22.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of fakechroot.

No, fakechroot is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.20.1 (2025-04-22).

DepScope has no curated alternatives for fakechroot at this time.

fakechroot is licensed under LGPL-2.1-only.

condav2.20.1

fakechroot runs a command in an environment without requiring root privileges

License LGPL-2.1-only3 versions1 maintainers0 deps170 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 44/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

0/25

maintenance

3/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

4/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

API access

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First published · 2020-06-14 22:22:43.297000+00:00

Last updated · 2025-04-22 14:57:28.063000+00:00