Is patool safe to use?

patool has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.0.5). DepScope rates its health at 83/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of patool?

The latest version of patool is 4.0.5, released 2026-05-18.

Does patool have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of patool.

Is patool deprecated?

No, patool is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.0.5 (2026-05-18).

What are alternatives to patool?

Popular alternatives to patool in PyPI include: packaging, urllib3, certifi, charset-normalizer, cryptography.

What license does patool use?

patool is licensed under GPL-3.

patool

pypiv4.0.5

portable archive file manager

License GPL-3strong copyleft51 versions1 maintainers1 deps274,556 weekly dl

wummel/patool

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 83/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

4/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

argcomplete

API access

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patool

pypiv4.0.5

portable archive file manager

License GPL-3strong copyleft51 versions1 maintainers1 deps274,556 weekly dl

wummel/patool

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 83/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

4/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

argcomplete

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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