Is spotbugs safe to use?

spotbugs has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.9.8). DepScope rates its health at 46/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of spotbugs?

The latest version of spotbugs is 4.9.8, released 2025-10-18.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of spotbugs.

No, spotbugs is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.9.8 (2025-10-18).

DepScope has no curated alternatives for spotbugs at this time.

spotbugs is licensed under LGPL-2.1-or-later.

homebrewv4.9.8

Tool for Java static analysis (FindBugs's successor)

License LGPL-2.1-or-later1 versions1 maintainers1 deps9 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 46/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Dependencies (1)

API access

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Last updated · 2025-10-18T17:41:27Z