Is json5 safe to use?

json5 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.15.0). DepScope rates its health at 67/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of json5?

The latest version of json5 is 0.15.0, released 2026-06-19.

Does json5 have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of json5.

No, json5 is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.15.0 (2026-06-19).

What are alternatives to json5?

Popular alternatives to json5 in PyPI include: python-dateutil, cffi, click, fsspec, h11.

What license does json5 use?

json5 is licensed under Apache-2.0.

json5

pypiv0.15.0

A Python implementation of the JSON5 data format.

License Apache-2.0permissive55 versions0 deps

dpranke/pyjson5

/ 100

Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (67/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (67/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

4.6/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

2

Contributors (12m)

4

Primary author dominance

45%

GitHub stars

279

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.47medium

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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json5

pypiv0.15.0

A Python implementation of the JSON5 data format.

License Apache-2.0permissive55 versions0 deps

dpranke/pyjson5

/ 100

Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (67/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (67/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

4.6/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

2

Contributors (12m)

4

Primary author dominance

45%

GitHub stars

279

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.47medium

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/pypi/json5