Is identify safe to use?

identify has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.6.19). DepScope rates its health at 60/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of identify?

The latest version of identify is 2.6.19, released 2026-04-17.

Does identify have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of identify.

Is identify deprecated?

No, identify is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.6.19 (2026-04-17).

What are alternatives to identify?

Popular alternatives to identify in PyPI include: packaging, urllib3, typing_extensions, cryptography, pygments.

What license does identify use?

identify is licensed under MIT.

identify

pypiv2.6.19

File identification library for Python

License MITpermissive185 versions1 maintainers1 deps

pre-commit/identify

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (60/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (60/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

5/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

9

Contributors (12m)

16

Primary author dominance

55%

GitHub stars

293

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

declining(-37.4%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

ukkonen;

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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