vcfR has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.16.0). DepScope rates its health at 53/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of vcfR?

The latest version of vcfR is 1.16.0, released 2026-02-23.

Does vcfR have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of vcfR.

No, vcfR is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.16.0 (2026-02-23).

What are alternatives to vcfR?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for vcfR at this time.

vcfR

cranv1.16.0

Manipulate and Visualize VCF Data. Facilitates easy manipulation of variant call format (VCF) data. Functions are provided to rapidly read from and write to VCF files. Once VCF data is read into R a parser function extracts matrices of data. This information can then be used for quality control or other purposes. Additional functions

License GPL-3strong copyleft0 versions1 maintainers15 deps2,042 weekly dl

knausb/vcfR

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 53/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

⚠ Possible typosquat

Name is close to a popular package. Targets:

vctrs (close_name dist 2)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (15)

ape dplyr graphics grDevices magrittr memuse methods pinfsc50 Rcpp stats stringr tibble utils vegan viridisLite

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First published · 2026-02-23 19:44:09

Last updated · 2026-02-23T17:10:02+00:00