Is watchfiles safe to use?

watchfiles has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.3.0). DepScope rates its health at 67/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of watchfiles?

The latest version of watchfiles is 1.3.0, released 2026-09-21.

Does watchfiles have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of watchfiles.

Is watchfiles deprecated?

No, watchfiles is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.3.0 (2026-09-21).

What are alternatives to watchfiles?

Popular alternatives to watchfiles in PyPI include: typing_extensions, six, annotated_types, python_dotenv, importlib-metadata.

What license does watchfiles use?

watchfiles is licensed under MIT.

watchfiles

pypiv1.3.0

Simple, modern and high performance file watching and code reload in python.

License MITpermissive30 versions1 deps

samuelcolvin/watchfiles

/ 100

Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (67/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (67/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

5/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

anyio

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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

watchfiles

pypiv1.3.0

Simple, modern and high performance file watching and code reload in python.

License MITpermissive30 versions1 deps

samuelcolvin/watchfiles

/ 100

Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (67/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (67/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

5/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

anyio

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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