Is Getopt-Long-Descriptive safe to use?

Getopt-Long-Descriptive has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.117). DepScope rates its health at 52/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of Getopt-Long-Descriptive?

The latest version of Getopt-Long-Descriptive is 0.117, released 2026-02-19.

Does Getopt-Long-Descriptive have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of Getopt-Long-Descriptive.

Is Getopt-Long-Descriptive deprecated?

No, Getopt-Long-Descriptive is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.117 (2026-02-19).

What are alternatives to Getopt-Long-Descriptive?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for Getopt-Long-Descriptive at this time.

What license does Getopt-Long-Descriptive use?

Getopt-Long-Descriptive is licensed under perl_5.

Getopt-Long-Descriptive

cpanv0.117

Getopt::Long, but simpler and more powerful

License perl_51 versions1 maintainers23 deps

rjbs/Getopt-Long-Descriptive

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (52/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (52/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

1

Primary author dominance

100%

GitHub stars

20

single active maintainer 3msingle author dominance

Health History

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Last updated · 2026-02-19T20:25:24