Is wikitaxa safe to use?

wikitaxa has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.5.0). DepScope rates its health at 53/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of wikitaxa?

The latest version of wikitaxa is 0.5.0, released 2026-02-13.

Does wikitaxa have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of wikitaxa.

Is wikitaxa deprecated?

No, wikitaxa is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.5.0 (2026-02-13).

What are alternatives to wikitaxa?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for wikitaxa at this time.

What license does wikitaxa use?

wikitaxa is licensed under MIT + file LICENSE.

wikitaxa

cranv0.5.0

Taxonomic Information from 'Wikipedia'. 'Taxonomic' information from 'Wikipedia', 'Wikicommons', 'Wikispecies', and 'Wikidata'. Functions included for getting taxonomic information from each of the sources just listed, as well performing taxonomic search.

License MIT + file LICENSE0 versions1 maintainers8 deps1,730 weekly dl

ropensci/wikitaxa

/ 100

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

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (8)

data.table curl crul tibble jsonlite xml2 WikipediR httr

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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

First published · 2026-02-16 01:43:28

Last updated · 2026-02-13T08:40:03+00:00