Is setuptools safe to use?

setuptools has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (84.0.0). DepScope rates its health at 91/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of setuptools?

The latest version of setuptools is 84.0.0, released 2026-08-08.

Does setuptools have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of setuptools.

Is setuptools deprecated?

No, setuptools is actively maintained. Latest release: 84.0.0 (2026-08-08).

What are alternatives to setuptools?

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

What license does setuptools use?

setuptools is licensed under MIT.

setuptools

pypiv84.0.0

Most extensible Python build backend with support for C/C++ extension modules

License MITpermissive625 versions50 deps375,709,362 weekly dl

pypa/setuptools

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 91/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

6/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

4.7/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

9

Contributors (12m)

14

Primary author dominance

49%

GitHub stars

2,842

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

rapid decline(-69.5%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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setuptools

pypiv84.0.0

Most extensible Python build backend with support for C/C++ extension modules

License MITpermissive625 versions50 deps375,709,362 weekly dl

pypa/setuptools

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 91/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

6/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

4.7/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

9

Contributors (12m)

14

Primary author dominance

49%

GitHub stars

2,842

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

rapid decline(-69.5%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/pypi/setuptools