Is PyGithub safe to use?

PyGithub has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.9.1). DepScope rates its health at 91/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of PyGithub?

The latest version of PyGithub is 2.9.1, released 2026-04-14.

Does PyGithub have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of PyGithub.

Is PyGithub deprecated?

No, PyGithub is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.9.1 (2026-04-14).

What are alternatives to PyGithub?

Popular alternatives to PyGithub in PyPI include: boto3, packaging, urllib3, certifi, requests.

What license does PyGithub use?

PyGithub is licensed under GNU Library or Lesser General Public (LGPL).

PyGithub

pypiv2.9.1

Use the full Github API v3

License GNU Library or Lesser General Public (LGPL)108 versions5 deps17,759,890 weekly dl

pygithub/pygithub

/ 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

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

35

Primary author dominance

56%

GitHub stars

7,695

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

Download trend

stable(0%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (5)

pynacl requests pyjwt[crypto]typing-extensions urllib3

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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

PyGithub

pypiv2.9.1

Use the full Github API v3

License GNU Library or Lesser General Public (LGPL)108 versions5 deps17,759,890 weekly dl

pygithub/pygithub

/ 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

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

35

Primary author dominance

56%

GitHub stars

7,695

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

Download trend

stable(0%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (5)

pynacl requests pyjwt[crypto]typing-extensions urllib3

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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