Is setuptools safe to use?

setuptools has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (83.0.0). DepScope rates its health at 71/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of setuptools?

The latest version of setuptools is 83.0.0, released 2026-07-04.

Does setuptools have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of setuptools.

Is setuptools deprecated?

No, setuptools is actively maintained. Latest release: 83.0.0 (2026-07-04).

What are alternatives to setuptools?

Popular alternatives to setuptools in PyPI include: boto3, urllib3, certifi, requests, charset_normalizer.

What license does setuptools use?

setuptools is licensed under MIT.

setuptools

pypiv83.0.0

Most extensible Python build backend with support for C/C++ extension modules

License MITpermissive624 versions50 deps

pypa/setuptools

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 71/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

6/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

4.7/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

12

Contributors (12m)

15

Primary author dominance

50%

GitHub stars

2,825

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(0%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

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setuptools

pypiv83.0.0

Most extensible Python build backend with support for C/C++ extension modules

License MITpermissive624 versions50 deps

pypa/setuptools

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 71/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

6/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

4.7/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

12

Contributors (12m)

15

Primary author dominance

50%

GitHub stars

2,825

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(0%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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