Is base64 safe to use?

base64 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.3.0). DepScope rates its health at 69/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of base64?

The latest version of base64 is 0.3.0, released 2025-05-30.

Does base64 have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of base64.

Is base64 deprecated?

No, base64 is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.3.0 (2025-05-30).

What are alternatives to base64?

Popular alternatives to base64 in RubyGems include: jmespath, netrc, thread_safe, tzinfo, websocket-extensions.

base64

rubygemsv0.3.0

Support for encoding and decoding binary data using a Base64 representation.

License Ruby5 versions0 deps194,743,459 weekly dl

ruby/base64

/ 100

Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (69/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (69/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

3/15

maturity

1/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

3

Contributors (12m)

9

Primary author dominance

45%

GitHub stars

32

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(+2.5%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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