Is tinytex safe to use?

tinytex has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.59). DepScope rates its health at 66/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of tinytex?

The latest version of tinytex is 0.59, released 2026-03-28.

Does tinytex have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of tinytex.

Is tinytex deprecated?

No, tinytex is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.59 (2026-03-28).

What are alternatives to tinytex?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for tinytex at this time.

What license does tinytex use?

tinytex is licensed under MIT + file LICENSE.

tinytex

cranv0.59

Helper Functions to Install and Maintain TeX Live, and Compile LaTeX Documents. Helper functions to install and maintain the 'LaTeX' distribution named 'TinyTeX' (<https://yihui.org/tinytex/>), a lightweight, cross-platform, portable, and easy-to-maintain version of 'TeX Live'. This package also contains helper functions to compile 'LaTeX' documents, and install missing 'LaTeX'

License MIT + file LICENSE0 versions1 maintainers1 deps285,406 weekly dl

rstudio/tinytex

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 66/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

7/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

7

Contributors (12m)

7

Primary author dominance

74%

GitHub stars

1,111

Health History

Dependency Tree

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Dependencies (1)

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First published · 2026-03-28 06:37:58

Last updated · 2026-03-28T05:10:10+00:00