Is chardet safe to use?

chardet has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (7.4.3). DepScope rates its health at 78/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of chardet?

The latest version of chardet is 7.4.3, released 2026-04-14.

Does chardet have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of chardet.

Is chardet deprecated?

No, chardet is actively maintained. Latest release: 7.4.3 (2026-04-14).

What are alternatives to chardet?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for chardet at this time.

What license does chardet use?

chardet is licensed under 0BSD.

chardet

condav7.4.3

Universal character encoding detector

License 0BSDpermissive17 versions1 maintainers0 deps109,736 weekly dl

chardet/chardet

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 78/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

6.3/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

2

Contributors (12m)

2

Primary author dominance

99%

GitHub stars

2,612

single author dominance

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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First published · 2020-09-17 16:03:57.112000+00:00

Last updated · 2026-04-14 04:27:15.326000+00:00