Is tectonic safe to use?

tectonic has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.16.9). DepScope rates its health at 67/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of tectonic?

The latest version of tectonic is 0.16.9, released 2026-04-17.

Does tectonic have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of tectonic.

Is tectonic deprecated?

No, tectonic is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.16.9 (2026-04-17).

What are alternatives to tectonic?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for tectonic at this time.

What license does tectonic use?

tectonic is licensed under MIT.

tectonic

homebrewv0.16.9

Modernized, complete, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine

License MITpermissive1 versions1 maintainers8 deps1,115 weekly dl

/ 100

Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (67/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (67/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (8)

freetype graphite2 harfbuzz icu4c@78 libpng openssl@3 pkgconf rust

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/homebrew/tectonic

Last updated · 2026-04-17T07:07:03Z

tectonic

homebrewv0.16.9

Modernized, complete, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine

License MITpermissive1 versions1 maintainers8 deps1,115 weekly dl

/ 100

Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (67/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (67/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (8)

freetype graphite2 harfbuzz icu4c@78 libpng openssl@3 pkgconf rust

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/homebrew/tectonic

Last updated · 2026-04-17T07:07:03Z