Is WriteXLS safe to use?

WriteXLS has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (6.8.0). DepScope rates its health at 43/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of WriteXLS?

The latest version of WriteXLS is 6.8.0, released 2025-05-22.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of WriteXLS.

No, WriteXLS is actively maintained. Latest release: 6.8.0 (2025-05-22).

DepScope has no curated alternatives for WriteXLS at this time.

WriteXLS is licensed under GPL (>= 2).

cranv6.8.0

Cross-Platform Perl Based R Function to Create Excel 2003 (XLS) and Excel 2007 (XLSX) Files

License GPL (>= 2)0 versions1 maintainers1 deps2,823 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 43/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Dependencies (1)

API access

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First published · 2025-05-27 04:37:41

Last updated · 2025-05-22T16:00:02+00:00