Is flake8 safe to use?

flake8 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (7.4.0). DepScope rates its health at 89/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of flake8?

The latest version of flake8 is 7.4.0, released 2026-09-22.

Does flake8 have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of flake8.

Is flake8 deprecated?

No, flake8 is actively maintained. Latest release: 7.4.0 (2026-09-22).

What are alternatives to flake8?

Popular alternatives to flake8 in PyPI include: six, annotated_types, python_dotenv, importlib-metadata, boto3.

flake8

pypiv7.4.0

the modular source code checker: pep8 pyflakes and co

License MITpermissive95 versions1 maintainers3 deps9,190,777 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

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (3)

mccabe pycodestyle pyflakes

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flake8

pypiv7.4.0

the modular source code checker: pep8 pyflakes and co

License MITpermissive95 versions1 maintainers3 deps9,190,777 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

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