Is pkgbuild safe to use?

pkgbuild has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.4.8). DepScope rates its health at 58/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of pkgbuild?

The latest version of pkgbuild is 1.4.8, released 2025-05-26.

Does pkgbuild have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pkgbuild.

Is pkgbuild deprecated?

No, pkgbuild is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.4.8 (2025-05-26).

What are alternatives to pkgbuild?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for pkgbuild at this time.

What license does pkgbuild use?

pkgbuild is licensed under MIT + file LICENSE.

pkgbuild

cranv1.4.8

Find Tools Needed to Build R Packages. Provides functions used to build R packages. Locates compilers needed to build R packages on various platforms and ensures the PATH is configured appropriately so R can use them.

License MIT + file LICENSE0 versions1 maintainers5 deps396,837 weekly dl

r-lib/pkgbuild

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (58/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (58/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

6/15

maturity

3/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

4

Primary author dominance

81%

GitHub stars

77

single active maintainer 3m

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (5)

callr cli desc processx R6

API access

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curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/cran/pkgbuild

First published · 2025-05-27 04:36:41

Last updated · 2025-05-26T13:10:06+00:00