Is websockets safe to use?

websockets has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (17.0.1). DepScope rates its health at 90/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of websockets?

The latest version of websockets is 17.0.1, released 2026-07-31.

Does websockets have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of websockets.

Is websockets deprecated?

No, websockets is actively maintained. Latest release: 17.0.1 (2026-07-31).

What are alternatives to websockets?

Popular alternatives to websockets in PyPI include: certifi, cryptography, python-dateutil, pyyaml, anyio.

What license does websockets use?

websockets is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

websockets

pypiv17.0.1

An implementation of the WebSocket Protocol (RFC 6455 & 7692)

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive52 versions0 deps140,421,647 weekly dl

python-websockets/websockets

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 90/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

5/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

4

Contributors (12m)

6

Primary author dominance

75%

GitHub stars

5,669

recent ownership change suspected

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.77critical

Download trend

declining(-27.1%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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

websockets

pypiv17.0.1

An implementation of the WebSocket Protocol (RFC 6455 & 7692)

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive52 versions0 deps140,421,647 weekly dl

python-websockets/websockets

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 90/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

5/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

4

Contributors (12m)

6

Primary author dominance

75%

GitHub stars

5,669

recent ownership change suspected

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.77critical

Download trend

declining(-27.1%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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