Is whois safe to use?

whois has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (6.0.3). DepScope rates its health at 58/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of whois?

The latest version of whois is 6.0.3, released 2025-10-15.

Does whois have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of whois.

No, whois is actively maintained. Latest release: 6.0.3 (2025-10-15).

What are alternatives to whois?

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

whois

rubygemsv6.0.3

Whois is an intelligent WHOIS client and parser written in pure Ruby. It can query registry data for IPv4, IPv6 and top level domains, and parse the responses into easy-to-use Ruby objects via the whois-parser library.

License MITpermissive20 versions0 deps245,678 weekly dl

weppos/whois

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 58/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

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API access

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curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/rubygems/whois