Is sparse safe to use?

sparse has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.18.0). DepScope rates its health at 79/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of sparse?

The latest version of sparse is 0.18.0, released 2026-02-19.

Does sparse have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of sparse.

Is sparse deprecated?

No, sparse is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.18.0 (2026-02-19).

What are alternatives to sparse?

Popular alternatives to sparse in PyPI include: boto3, packaging, idna, certifi, urllib3.

What license does sparse use?

sparse is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

sparse

pypiv0.18.0

Sparse n-dimensional arrays for the PyData ecosystem

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive43 versions29 deps282,069 weekly dl

pydata/sparse/

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 79/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

3/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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sparse

pypiv0.18.0

Sparse n-dimensional arrays for the PyData ecosystem

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive43 versions29 deps282,069 weekly dl

pydata/sparse/

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 79/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

3/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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