Is platformdirs safe to use?

platformdirs has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.9.6). DepScope rates its health at 85/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of platformdirs?

The latest version of platformdirs is 4.9.6, released 2026-04-09.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of platformdirs.

No, platformdirs is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.9.6 (2026-04-09).

Popular alternatives to platformdirs in PyPI include: boto3, boto3/, packaging, urllib3/, certifi.

platformdirs is licensed under MIT.

pypiv4.9.6

A small Python package for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a `user data dir`.

License MITpermissive62 versions0 deps147,823,245 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 85/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

10

Contributors (12m)

16

Primary author dominance

44%

GitHub stars

932

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(0%)

API access

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