Is smart-open safe to use?

smart-open has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (8.0.1). DepScope rates its health at 65/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of smart-open?

The latest version of smart-open is 8.0.1, released 2026-07-15.

Does smart-open have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of smart-open.

Is smart-open deprecated?

No, smart-open is actively maintained. Latest release: 8.0.1 (2026-07-15).

What are alternatives to smart-open?

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

What license does smart-open use?

smart-open is licensed under MIT.

smart-open

pypiv8.0.1

Utils for streaming large files (S3, HDFS, GCS, SFTP, Azure Blob Storage, gzip, bz2, zst...)

License MITpermissive79 versions26 deps

piskvorky/smart_open

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (65/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (65/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

5/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

3

Contributors (12m)

5

Primary author dominance

85%

GitHub stars

3,442

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.73critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

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