Is scrypt safe to use?

scrypt has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (3.1.0). DepScope rates its health at 60/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of scrypt?

The latest version of scrypt is 3.1.0, released 2025-07-22.

Does scrypt have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of scrypt.

Is scrypt deprecated?

No, scrypt is actively maintained. Latest release: 3.1.0 (2025-07-22).

What are alternatives to scrypt?

Popular alternatives to scrypt in RubyGems include: jmespath, netrc, thread_safe, crass, tzinfo.

What license does scrypt use?

scrypt is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

scrypt

rubygemsv3.1.0

The scrypt key derivation function is designed to be far more secure against hardware brute-force attacks than alternative functions such as PBKDF2 or bcrypt.

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive20 versions2 deps514,002 weekly dl

pbhogan/scrypt

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 60/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (2)

ffi-compiler rake

API access

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