Is skyfield safe to use?

skyfield has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.55). DepScope rates its health at 86/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of skyfield?

The latest version of skyfield is 1.55, released 2026-08-07.

Does skyfield have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of skyfield.

Is skyfield deprecated?

No, skyfield is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.55 (2026-08-07).

What are alternatives to skyfield?

Popular alternatives to skyfield in PyPI include: boto3, certifi, pydantic, pytest, annotated-types.

What license does skyfield use?

skyfield is licensed under MIT.

skyfield

pypiv1.55

Elegant astronomy for Python

License MITpermissive69 versions1 maintainers4 deps187,639 weekly dl

http://github.com/brandon-rhodes/python-skyfield/

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 86/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

7/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (4)

certifi jplephem numpy sgp4

API access

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skyfield

pypiv1.55

Elegant astronomy for Python

License MITpermissive69 versions1 maintainers4 deps187,639 weekly dl

http://github.com/brandon-rhodes/python-skyfield/

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 86/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

7/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (4)

certifi jplephem numpy sgp4

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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