Is evdev safe to use?

evdev has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.9.3). DepScope rates its health at 65/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of evdev?

The latest version of evdev is 1.9.3, released 2026-02-05.

Does evdev have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of evdev.

No, evdev is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.9.3 (2026-02-05).

What are alternatives to evdev?

Popular alternatives to evdev in PyPI include: packaging, certifi, requests, typing-extensions, charset-normalizer.

What license does evdev use?

evdev is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

evdev

pypiv1.9.3

Bindings to the Linux input handling subsystem

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive40 versions0 deps

gvalkov/python-evdev

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (65/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (65/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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evdev

pypiv1.9.3

Bindings to the Linux input handling subsystem

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive40 versions0 deps

gvalkov/python-evdev

/ 100

Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (65/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (65/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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