Is cairo safe to use?

cairo has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.18.4). DepScope rates its health at 61/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of cairo?

The latest version of cairo is 1.18.4, released 2026-02-17.

Does cairo have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of cairo.

No, cairo is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.18.4 (2026-02-17).

What are alternatives to cairo?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for cairo at this time.

What license does cairo use?

cairo is licensed under LGPL-2.1-only OR MPL-1.1.

cairo

homebrewv1.18.4

Vector graphics library with cross-device output support

License LGPL-2.1-only OR MPL-1.1weak copyleft1 versions1 maintainers14 deps20,891 weekly dl

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (61/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (61/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (14)

fontconfig freetype glib libpng libx11 libxcb libxext libxrender lzo pixman gettext meson ninja pkgconf

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Last updated · 2026-02-17T01:18:23Z