Is hipread safe to use?

hipread has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.2.6). DepScope rates its health at 53/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of hipread?

The latest version of hipread is 0.2.6, released 2026-03-12.

Does hipread have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of hipread.

Is hipread deprecated?

No, hipread is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.2.6 (2026-03-12).

What are alternatives to hipread?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for hipread at this time.

What license does hipread use?

hipread is licensed under GPL (>= 2) | file LICENSE.

hipread

cranv0.2.6

Read Hierarchical Fixed Width Files. Read hierarchical fixed width files like those commonly used by many census data providers. Also allows for reading of data in chunks, and reading 'gzipped' files without storing the full file in memory.

License GPL (>= 2) | file LICENSE0 versions1 maintainers4 deps1,333 weekly dl

ipums/hipread

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (53/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (53/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (4)

Rcpp R6 rlang tibble

API access

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First published · 2026-03-12 19:28:59

Last updated · 2026-03-12T17:50:34+00:00