Is datasets safe to use?

datasets has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (5.0.1). DepScope rates its health at 95/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of datasets?

The latest version of datasets is 5.0.1, released 2026-07-28.

Does datasets have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of datasets.

Is datasets deprecated?

No, datasets is actively maintained. Latest release: 5.0.1 (2026-07-28).

What are alternatives to datasets?

Popular alternatives to datasets in PyPI include: certifi, requests, charset_normalizer, cryptography, python-dateutil.

What license does datasets use?

datasets is licensed under Apache 2.0.

datasets

pypiv5.0.1

HuggingFace community-driven open-source library of datasets

License Apache 2.0permissive119 versions1 maintainers143 deps45,509,948 weekly dl

huggingface/datasets

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 95/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

10/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.7/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

20

Contributors (12m)

30

Primary author dominance

64%

GitHub stars

21,425

Quality signals

Download trend

growing(+30.5%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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datasets

pypiv5.0.1

HuggingFace community-driven open-source library of datasets

License Apache 2.0permissive119 versions1 maintainers143 deps45,509,948 weekly dl

huggingface/datasets

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 95/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

10/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.7/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

20

Contributors (12m)

30

Primary author dominance

64%

GitHub stars

21,425

Quality signals

Download trend

growing(+30.5%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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