Is boto3 safe to use?

boto3 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.43.17). DepScope rates its health at 93/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of boto3?

The latest version of boto3 is 1.43.17, released 2026-05-28.

Does boto3 have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of boto3.

No, boto3 is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.43.17 (2026-05-28).

What are alternatives to boto3?

Popular alternatives to boto3 in PyPI include: packaging, urllib3, requests, idna, typing_extensions.

What license does boto3 use?

boto3 is licensed under Apache-2.0.

boto3

pypiv1.43.17

The AWS SDK for Python

License Apache-2.0permissive2041 versions1 maintainers4 deps746,256,488 weekly dl

boto/boto3

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 93/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

8/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

7.7/10

strong

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

9

Contributors (12m)

9

Primary author dominance

86%

GitHub stars

9,772

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(0%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (4)

botocore jmespath s3transfer botocore[crt]

API access

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boto3

pypiv1.43.17

The AWS SDK for Python

License Apache-2.0permissive2041 versions1 maintainers4 deps746,256,488 weekly dl

boto/boto3

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 93/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

8/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

7.7/10

strong

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

9

Contributors (12m)

9

Primary author dominance

86%

GitHub stars

9,772

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(0%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (4)

botocore jmespath s3transfer botocore[crt]

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/pypi/boto3