Is mecab safe to use?

mecab has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.1.0). DepScope rates its health at 56/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of mecab?

The latest version of mecab is 0.1.0, released 2026-03-22.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of mecab.

No, mecab is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.1.0 (2026-03-22).

DepScope has no curated alternatives for mecab at this time.

mecab is licensed under BSD-3-CLAUSE.

pubv0.1.0

Japanese morphological analysis, powered by MeCab.

License BSD-3-CLAUSEpermissive1 versions1 maintainers3 deps2 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 56/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

⚠ Possible typosquat

Name is close to a popular package. Targets:

meta (close_name dist 2)

Dependencies (3)

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/pub/mecab

Last updated · 2026-03-22T11:07:02.729914Z