Is qiskit-aer safe to use?

qiskit-aer has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.17.2). DepScope rates its health at 65/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of qiskit-aer?

The latest version of qiskit-aer is 0.17.2, released 2025-09-17.

Does qiskit-aer have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of qiskit-aer.

Is qiskit-aer deprecated?

No, qiskit-aer is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.17.2 (2025-09-17).

What are alternatives to qiskit-aer?

Popular alternatives to qiskit-aer in PyPI include: boto3, packaging, idna, certifi, urllib3.

What license does qiskit-aer use?

qiskit-aer is licensed under Apache 2.0.

qiskit-aer

pypiv0.17.2

Aer - High performance simulators for Qiskit

License Apache 2.0permissive58 versions1 maintainers5 deps

Qiskit/qiskit-aer

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (65/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (65/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

5/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (5)

qiskit numpy scipy psutil python-dateutil

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