Is packaging safe to use?

packaging has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (26.3). DepScope rates its health at 68/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of packaging?

The latest version of packaging is 26.3, released 2026-08-04.

Does packaging have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of packaging.

Is packaging deprecated?

No, packaging is actively maintained. Latest release: 26.3 (2026-08-04).

What are alternatives to packaging?

Popular alternatives to packaging in PyPI include: certifi, typing-extensions, pyyaml, click, pandas.

What license does packaging use?

packaging is licensed under Apache-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause.

packaging

pypiv26.3

Core utilities for Python packages

License Apache-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clausepermissive54 versions0 deps

pypa/packaging

/ 100

Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (68/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (68/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

14

Contributors (12m)

15

Primary author dominance

48%

GitHub stars

725

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

declining(-45.3%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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

packaging

pypiv26.3

Core utilities for Python packages

License Apache-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clausepermissive54 versions0 deps

pypa/packaging

/ 100

Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (68/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (68/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

14

Contributors (12m)

15

Primary author dominance

48%

GitHub stars

725

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

declining(-45.3%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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