Is ggrepel safe to use?

ggrepel has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.9.8). DepScope rates its health at 65/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of ggrepel?

The latest version of ggrepel is 0.9.8, released 2026-03-17.

Does ggrepel have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of ggrepel.

Is ggrepel deprecated?

No, ggrepel is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.9.8 (2026-03-17).

What are alternatives to ggrepel?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for ggrepel at this time.

What license does ggrepel use?

ggrepel is licensed under GPL-3 | file LICENSE.

ggrepel

cranv0.9.8

Automatically Position Non-Overlapping Text Labels with 'ggplot2'. Provides text and label geoms for 'ggplot2' that help to avoid overlapping text labels. Labels repel away from each other and away from the data points.

License GPL-3 | file LICENSE0 versions1 maintainers7 deps127,034 weekly dl

slowkow/ggrepel

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 65/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

6/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (7)

ggplot2 grid Rcpp rlang S7 scales withr

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First published · 2026-03-17 09:37:26

Last updated · 2026-03-17T07:30:38+00:00