Is pycparser safe to use?

pycparser has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (3.0). DepScope rates its health at 87/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of pycparser?

The latest version of pycparser is 3.0, released 2026-01-21.

Does pycparser have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pycparser.

Is pycparser deprecated?

No, pycparser is actively maintained. Latest release: 3.0 (2026-01-21).

What are alternatives to pycparser?

Popular alternatives to pycparser in PyPI include: urllib3, pyyaml, pydantic-core, pydantic_core, protobuf.

What license does pycparser use?

pycparser is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

pycparser

pypiv3.0

C parser in Python

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive24 versions0 deps182,164,422 weekly dl

eliben/pycparser

/ 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

12/15

maturity

5/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.8/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

2

Contributors (12m)

6

Primary author dominance

94%

GitHub stars

3,538

single author dominance

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

rapid decline(-61.8%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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pycparser

pypiv3.0

C parser in Python

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive24 versions0 deps182,164,422 weekly dl

eliben/pycparser

/ 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

12/15

maturity

5/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.8/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

2

Contributors (12m)

6

Primary author dominance

94%

GitHub stars

3,538

single author dominance

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

rapid decline(-61.8%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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