Is pylint safe to use?

pylint has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.0.8). DepScope rates its health at 82/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of pylint?

The latest version of pylint is 4.0.8, released 2026-08-29.

Does pylint have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pylint.

Is pylint deprecated?

No, pylint is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.0.8 (2026-08-29).

What are alternatives to pylint?

Popular alternatives to pylint in PyPI include: typing_extensions, six, annotated_types, python_dotenv, importlib-metadata.

What license does pylint use?

pylint is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later.

pylint

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python code static checker

License GPL-2.0-or-later214 versions13 deps9,085,503 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 82/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

0/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (13)

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pylint

pypiv4.0.8

python code static checker

License GPL-2.0-or-later214 versions13 deps9,085,503 weekly dl

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 82/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

0/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (13)

astroid colorama dill dill dill isort mccabe platformdirs tomli tomlkit typing-extensions pyenchant~gitpython

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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