pip has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (26.2.1). DepScope rates its health at 93/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of pip?

The latest version of pip is 26.2.1, released 2026-08-04.

Does pip have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pip.

No, pip is actively maintained. Latest release: 26.2.1 (2026-08-04).

What are alternatives to pip?

Popular alternatives to pip in PyPI include: packaging, certifi, typing_extensions, cryptography, aiobotocore.

pip

pypiv26.2.1

The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages.

License MITpermissive159 versions0 deps192,238,820 weekly dl

pypa/pip

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 93/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

8/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

6.7/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

14

Contributors (12m)

14

Primary author dominance

47%

GitHub stars

10,180

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

declining(-14.2%)

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/pip

pip

pypiv26.2.1

The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages.

License MITpermissive159 versions0 deps192,238,820 weekly dl

pypa/pip

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 93/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

8/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

6.7/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

14

Contributors (12m)

14

Primary author dominance

47%

GitHub stars

10,180

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

declining(-14.2%)

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/pip