Is diffoscope safe to use?

diffoscope has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (330). DepScope rates its health at 73/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of diffoscope?

The latest version of diffoscope is 330, released 2026-09-21.

Does diffoscope have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of diffoscope.

Is diffoscope deprecated?

No, diffoscope is actively maintained. Latest release: 330 (2026-09-21).

What are alternatives to diffoscope?

Popular alternatives to diffoscope in PyPI include: typing_extensions, six, annotated_types, python_dotenv, importlib-metadata.

What license does diffoscope use?

diffoscope is licensed under GPL-3+.

diffoscope

pypiv330

in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories

License GPL-3+280 versions1 maintainers15 deps1,651 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

diffoscope@330 is safe to use (health: 73/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (15)

python-magic libarchive-c distro;argcomplete;progressbar;androguard;binwalk;defusedxml;guestfs;jsondiff;pypdf;python-debian;pyxattr;rpm-python;tlsh;

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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

diffoscope

pypiv330

in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories

License GPL-3+280 versions1 maintainers15 deps1,651 weekly dl

/ 100

Health

safe to use

diffoscope@330 is safe to use (health: 73/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (15)

python-magic libarchive-c distro;argcomplete;progressbar;androguard;binwalk;defusedxml;guestfs;jsondiff;pypdf;python-debian;pyxattr;rpm-python;tlsh;

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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