Is ephem safe to use?

ephem has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.2.1). DepScope rates its health at 73/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of ephem?

The latest version of ephem is 4.2.1, released 2026-02-28.

Does ephem have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of ephem.

No, ephem is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.2.1 (2026-02-28).

What are alternatives to ephem?

Popular alternatives to ephem in PyPI include: urllib3, typing_extensions, charset-normalizer, charset_normalizer, setuptools.

ephem

pypiv4.2.1

Compute positions of the planets and stars

License MITpermissive20 versions1 maintainers0 deps352,592 weekly dl

brandon-rhodes/pyephem

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 73/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

5/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

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