Interactive Ruby command-line tool for REPL (Read Eval Print Loop). For more information about this package, visit its homepage.
The Ruby package irb was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. No risks were detected, therefore, this version of the package is currently considered as safe to use.
The Ruby package irb ranks among the top 1000 projects in this community. It has 171M recorded downloads. A package's popularity is not a good indicator of its safety, visit the SAFE Assessment section to see the full analysis of package deployment risk categories.
Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how irb behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a irb version, which can prevent advanced software supply chain attacks. Read how our technology can help prevent future attacks similar to SolarWinds and 3CX.
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