Is python-dotenv safe to use?

python-dotenv has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.2.2). DepScope rates its health at 87/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of python-dotenv?

The latest version of python-dotenv is 1.2.2, released 2026-03-01.

Does python-dotenv have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of python-dotenv.

Is python-dotenv deprecated?

No, python-dotenv is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.2.2 (2026-03-01).

What are alternatives to python-dotenv?

Popular alternatives to python-dotenv in PyPI include: certifi, typing-extensions, pyyaml, click, pandas.

What license does python-dotenv use?

python-dotenv is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

python-dotenv

pypiv1.2.2

Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive50 versions1 deps199,014,733 weekly dl

theskumar/python-dotenv

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 87/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

5/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

5

Contributors (12m)

15

Primary author dominance

51%

GitHub stars

8,742

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

rapid decline(-61%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

click

API access

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python-dotenv

pypiv1.2.2

Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive50 versions1 deps199,014,733 weekly dl

theskumar/python-dotenv

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 87/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

5/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

5

Contributors (12m)

15

Primary author dominance

51%

GitHub stars

8,742

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

rapid decline(-61%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

click

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/pypi/python-dotenv