Is pre-commit safe to use?

pre-commit has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.6.1). DepScope rates its health at 74/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of pre-commit?

The latest version of pre-commit is 4.6.1, released 2026-07-21.

Does pre-commit have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pre-commit.

Is pre-commit deprecated?

No, pre-commit is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.6.1 (2026-07-21).

What are alternatives to pre-commit?

Popular alternatives to pre-commit in PyPI include: packaging, certifi, typing_extensions, cryptography, aiobotocore.

What license does pre-commit use?

pre-commit is licensed under MIT.

pre-commit

pypiv4.6.1

A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.

License MITpermissive203 versions1 maintainers5 deps

pre-commit/pre-commit

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 74/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

9/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

3

Contributors (12m)

8

Primary author dominance

72%

GitHub stars

15,175

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.49medium

Download trend

stable(0%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (5)

cfgv identify nodeenv pyyaml virtualenv

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/pypi/pre-commit

pre-commit

pypiv4.6.1

A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.

License MITpermissive203 versions1 maintainers5 deps

pre-commit/pre-commit

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 74/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

9/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

3

Contributors (12m)

8

Primary author dominance

72%

GitHub stars

15,175

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.49medium

Download trend

stable(0%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (5)

cfgv identify nodeenv pyyaml virtualenv

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/pypi/pre-commit