Is putty safe to use?

putty has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.83). DepScope rates its health at 49/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of putty?

The latest version of putty is 0.83, released 2025-09-16.

Does putty have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of putty.

No, putty is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.83 (2025-09-16).

What are alternatives to putty?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for putty at this time.

putty

homebrewv0.83

Implementation of Telnet and SSH

License MITpermissive1 versions1 maintainers8 deps387 weekly dl

/ 100

Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (49/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (49/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

3/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (8)

cairo gdk-pixbuf glib gtk+3 pango cmake halibut pkgconf

API access

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Last updated · 2025-09-16T14:34:50Z