Is platformdirs safe to use?

platformdirs has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.10.0). DepScope rates its health at 87/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of platformdirs?

The latest version of platformdirs is 4.10.0, released 2026-05-28.

Does platformdirs have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of platformdirs.

Is platformdirs deprecated?

No, platformdirs is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.10.0 (2026-05-28).

What are alternatives to platformdirs?

Popular alternatives to platformdirs in PyPI include: urllib3, certifi, charset_normalizer, cryptography, pygments.

What license does platformdirs use?

platformdirs is licensed under MIT.

platformdirs

pypiv4.10.0

A small Python package for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a `user data dir`.

License MITpermissive63 versions0 deps162,467,873 weekly dl

tox-dev/platformdirs

87

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 87/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

0

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

10

Contributors (12m)

16

Primary author dominance

44%

GitHub stars

932

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(0%)

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