Is importlib-metadata safe to use?

importlib-metadata has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (9.0.0). DepScope rates its health at 57/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of importlib-metadata?

The latest version of importlib-metadata is 9.0.0, released 2026-03-20.

Does importlib-metadata have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of importlib-metadata.

Is importlib-metadata deprecated?

No, importlib-metadata is actively maintained. Latest release: 9.0.0 (2026-03-20).

What are alternatives to importlib-metadata?

Popular alternatives to importlib-metadata in PyPI include: packaging, certifi, typing_extensions, cryptography, aiobotocore.

What license does importlib-metadata use?

importlib-metadata is licensed under Apache-2.0.

importlib-metadata

pypiv9.0.0

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License Apache-2.0permissive129 versions17 deps

python/importlib_metadata

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (57/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (57/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.7/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

7

Contributors (12m)

9

Primary author dominance

82%

GitHub stars

140

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

stable(+7.8%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (17)

zipp pytest packaging;pyfakefs;pytest-perf sphinx jaraco.packaging rst.linker furo;sphinx-lint;jaraco.tidelift ipython;pytest-checkdocs pytest-ruff pytest-cov;pytest-enabler pytest-mypy

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