Is requests safe to use?

requests has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.33.1). DepScope rates its health at 95/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of requests?

The latest version of requests is 2.33.1, released 2026-03-30.

Does requests have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of requests.

Is requests deprecated?

No, requests is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.33.1 (2026-03-30).

What are alternatives to requests?

Popular alternatives to requests in PyPI include: boto3, boto3/, packaging, urllib3/, certifi.

What license does requests use?

requests is licensed under Apache-2.0.

requests

pypiv2.33.1

Python HTTP for Humans.

License Apache-2.0permissive159 versions6 deps351,237,083 weekly dl

psf/requests

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 95/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

10/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

8.0/10

strong

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

13

Contributors (12m)

24

Primary author dominance

51%

GitHub stars

53,926

recent ownership change suspected

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(-2%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (6)

charset_normalizer idna urllib3 certifi PySocks chardet

API access

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