Is ghostscript safe to use?

ghostscript has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.8.1). DepScope rates its health at 43/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of ghostscript?

The latest version of ghostscript is 0.8.1, released 2025-05-28.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of ghostscript.

No, ghostscript is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.8.1 (2025-05-28).

Popular alternatives to ghostscript in PyPI include: boto3, boto3/, packaging, urllib3/, certifi.

ghostscript is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later.

pypiv0.8.1

Interface to the Ghostscript C-API, both high- and low-level, based on ctypes

License GPL-3.0-or-later10 versions1 maintainers0 deps

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 43/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

6/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

API access

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