Is pyshortcuts safe to use?

pyshortcuts has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.9.7). DepScope rates its health at 62/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of pyshortcuts?

The latest version of pyshortcuts is 1.9.7, released 2026-01-06.

Does pyshortcuts have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pyshortcuts.

Is pyshortcuts deprecated?

No, pyshortcuts is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.9.7 (2026-01-06).

What are alternatives to pyshortcuts?

Popular alternatives to pyshortcuts in PyPI include: boto3, packaging, urllib3, idna, requests.

What license does pyshortcuts use?

pyshortcuts is licensed under MIT.

pyshortcuts

pypiv1.9.7

Create desktop and Start Menu shortcuts for python scripts

License MITpermissive21 versions10 deps21,622 weekly dl

newville/pyshortcuts/

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (62/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (62/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (10)

charset-normalizer pywin32;wxPython;Sphinx;build;twine;coverage;pytest;pytest-cov;pyshortcuts[dev,doc,gui,test];

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