ack has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (v3.9.0). DepScope rates its health at 48/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of ack?

The latest version of ack is v3.9.0, released 2025-05-26.

Does ack have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of ack.

No, ack is actively maintained. Latest release: v3.9.0 (2025-05-26).

What are alternatives to ack?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for ack at this time.

What license does ack use?

ack is licensed under artistic_2.

ack

cpanvv3.9.0

A grep-like program for searching source code

License artistic_2permissive1 versions1 maintainers21 deps

git://github.com/beyondgrep/ack3

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (48/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (48/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

4/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

2

Primary author dominance

94%

GitHub stars

813

single active maintainer 3msingle author dominance

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (21)

YAML::PP ExtUtils::MakeMaker filetest Pod::Usage if File::Spec Cwd File::Temp Pod::Text Test::Harness Text::ParseWords File::Basename Term::ANSIColor

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Last updated · 2025-05-26T20:30:12

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