Is regex safe to use?

regex has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2026.5.9). DepScope rates its health at 87/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of regex?

The latest version of regex is 2026.5.9, released 2026-05-09.

Does regex have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of regex.

No, regex is actively maintained. Latest release: 2026.5.9 (2026-05-09).

What are alternatives to regex?

Popular alternatives to regex in PyPI include: boto3, packaging, certifi, urllib3, requests.

What license does regex use?

regex is licensed under Apache-2.0 AND CNRI-Python.

regex

pypiv2026.5.9

Alternative regular expression module, to replace re.

License Apache-2.0 AND CNRI-Pythonpermissive345 versions0 deps79,220,230 weekly dl

mrabarnett/mrab-regex

/ 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

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

7

Primary author dominance

56%

GitHub stars

583

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.52high

Download trend

stable(+9.8%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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regex

pypiv2026.5.9

Alternative regular expression module, to replace re.

License Apache-2.0 AND CNRI-Pythonpermissive345 versions0 deps79,220,230 weekly dl

mrabarnett/mrab-regex

/ 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

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

7

Primary author dominance

56%

GitHub stars

583

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.52high

Download trend

stable(+9.8%)

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/regex