Is virtualenv safe to use?

virtualenv has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (21.4.1). DepScope rates its health at 91/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of virtualenv?

The latest version of virtualenv is 21.4.1, released 2026-05-28.

Does virtualenv have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of virtualenv.

Is virtualenv deprecated?

No, virtualenv is actively maintained. Latest release: 21.4.1 (2026-05-28).

What are alternatives to virtualenv?

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

What license does virtualenv use?

virtualenv is licensed under MIT.

virtualenv

pypiv21.4.1

Virtual Python Environment builder

License MITpermissive262 versions7 deps105,964,975 weekly dl

pypa/virtualenv

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 91/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

6/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.9/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

0

Primary author dominance

0%

GitHub stars

5,031

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(+1%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (7)

distlib filelock filelock importlib-metadata platformdirs python-discovery typing-extensions

API access

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virtualenv

pypiv21.4.1

Virtual Python Environment builder

License MITpermissive262 versions7 deps105,964,975 weekly dl

pypa/virtualenv

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 91/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

6/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.9/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

0

Primary author dominance

0%

GitHub stars

5,031

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(+1%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (7)

distlib filelock filelock importlib-metadata platformdirs python-discovery typing-extensions

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

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