Is Flake8 safe to use?

Flake8 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (7.4.1). DepScope rates its health at 89/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of Flake8?

The latest version of Flake8 is 7.4.1, released 2026-09-23.

Does Flake8 have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of Flake8.

Is Flake8 deprecated?

No, Flake8 is actively maintained. Latest release: 7.4.1 (2026-09-23).

What are alternatives to Flake8?

Popular alternatives to Flake8 in PyPI include: typing_extensions, six, annotated_types, typing_inspection, importlib-metadata.

Flake8

pypiv7.4.1

the modular source code checker: pep8 pyflakes and co

License MITpermissive96 versions1 maintainers3 deps9,180,199 weekly dl

pycqa/flake8

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 89/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

7/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.77critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (3)

mccabe pycodestyle pyflakes

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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Flake8

pypiv7.4.1

the modular source code checker: pep8 pyflakes and co

License MITpermissive96 versions1 maintainers3 deps9,180,199 weekly dl

pycqa/flake8

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 89/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

7/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.77critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (3)

mccabe pycodestyle pyflakes

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/pypi/Flake8