Is protobuf safe to use?

protobuf has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (7.36.0). DepScope rates its health at 67/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of protobuf?

The latest version of protobuf is 7.36.0, released 2026-08-20.

Does protobuf have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of protobuf.

Is protobuf deprecated?

No, protobuf is actively maintained. Latest release: 7.36.0 (2026-08-20).

What are alternatives to protobuf?

Popular alternatives to protobuf in PyPI include: requests, python-dateutil, pydantic, fsspec, httpcore.

What license does protobuf use?

protobuf is licensed under 3-Clause BSD License.

protobuf

pypiv7.36.0

License 3-Clause BSD License220 versions1 maintainers0 deps

/ 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

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

rapid decline(-74.7%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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protobuf

pypiv7.36.0

License 3-Clause BSD License220 versions1 maintainers0 deps

/ 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

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

rapid decline(-74.7%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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