Is fastq-tools safe to use?

fastq-tools has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.8.3). DepScope rates its health at 26/100 (critical risk).

What is the latest version of fastq-tools?

The latest version of fastq-tools is 0.8.3, released 2026-02-14.

Does fastq-tools have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of fastq-tools.

Is fastq-tools deprecated?

Yes, fastq-tools is deprecated: unmaintained

What are alternatives to fastq-tools?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for fastq-tools at this time.

What license does fastq-tools use?

fastq-tools is licensed under MIT.

fastq-tools

homebrewv0.8.3deprecated

Small utilities for working with fastq sequence files

License MITpermissive1 versions1 maintainers4 deps

dcjones/fastq-tools

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Low health score (26/100)
Package is deprecated

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

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Dependencies (4)

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Last updated · 2026-02-14T15:08:09Z