Is codespell safe to use?

codespell has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.4.2). DepScope rates its health at 52/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of codespell?

The latest version of codespell is 2.4.2, released 2026-03-05.

Does codespell have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of codespell.

Is codespell deprecated?

No, codespell is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.4.2 (2026-03-05).

What are alternatives to codespell?

Popular alternatives to codespell in PyPI include: boto3, packaging, idna, urllib3, certifi.

What license does codespell use?

codespell is licensed under GPL-2.0-only.

codespell

pypiv2.4.2

Fix common misspellings in text files

License GPL-2.0-only25 versions17 deps

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (52/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (52/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Quality signals

Publish security

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Health History

Dependency Tree

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Dependencies (17)

build;chardet;pre-commit;pytest;pytest-cov;pytest-dependency;Pygments;ruff;tomli;twine;chardet;tomli;chardet mypy;pytest;pytest-cov;pytest-dependency;

API access

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