Is timeout safe to use?

timeout has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.6.1). DepScope rates its health at 76/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of timeout?

The latest version of timeout is 0.6.1, released 2026-03-09.

Does timeout have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of timeout.

Is timeout deprecated?

No, timeout is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.6.1 (2026-03-09).

What are alternatives to timeout?

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

What license does timeout use?

timeout is licensed under Ruby.

timeout

rubygemsv0.6.1

Auto-terminate potentially long-running operations in Ruby.

License Ruby14 versions0 deps21,188,382 weekly dl

ruby/timeout

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 76/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

6

Contributors (12m)

13

Primary author dominance

30%

GitHub stars

155

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.45medium

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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