Is Unicode-UTF8 safe to use?

Unicode-UTF8 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.70). DepScope rates its health at 56/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of Unicode-UTF8?

The latest version of Unicode-UTF8 is 0.70, released 2026-03-19.

Does Unicode-UTF8 have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of Unicode-UTF8.

Is Unicode-UTF8 deprecated?

No, Unicode-UTF8 is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.70 (2026-03-19).

What are alternatives to Unicode-UTF8?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for Unicode-UTF8 at this time.

What license does Unicode-UTF8 use?

Unicode-UTF8 is licensed under perl_5.

Unicode-UTF8

cpanv0.70

Encoding and decoding of UTF-8 encoding form

License perl_51 versions1 maintainers13 deps

chansen/p5-unicode-utf8

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 56/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (13)

XSLoader Exporter Carp IO::Handle Test::Pod Test::More Devel::PPPort File::Spec IPC::Open3 ExtUtils::MakeMaker Devel::AssertC99 Test::Fatal Encode

API access

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Last updated · 2026-03-19T10:21:57