python-dotenv

Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables

Package Health Score

91/100
  • securityNo known security issues
  • popularityKey ecosystem project
  • maintenanceSustainable
  • communityActive

Maintenance

SUSTAINABLE

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Open Issues
52
Open PR
41
New PRS
1
Last Release
3 months ago
Last Commit
4 days ago
Maintainers
110

Further analysis of the maintenance status of python-dotenv based on released PyPI versions cadence, the repository activity, and other data points determined that its maintenance is Sustainable.

We found that python-dotenv demonstrates a positive version release cadence with at least one new version released in the past 12 months.

As a healthy sign for on-going project maintenance, we found that the GitHub repository had at least 1 pull request or issue interacted with by the community.

Popularity

KEY ECOSYSTEM PROJECT
GitHub Stars
8.8k
Forks
537
Contributors
110

Based on project statistics from the GitHub repository for the PyPI package python-dotenv, we found that it has been starred 8,788 times.

Community

ACTIVE
Readme
Yes
Contributing.md
Yes
Code of Conduct
No
Contributors
110
Funding
No
LICENSE
BSD-3-Clause

A good and healthy external contribution signal for python-dotenv project, which invites more than one hundred open source maintainers to collaborate on the repository.

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License

BSD-2-Clause[0.1.0,0.18.0);
BSD-3-Clause[0.18.0,);

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Security

NO KNOWN SECURITY ISSUES
Show only direct vulnerabilities in latest version
No vulnerabilities found

No vulnerabilities found in the latest version

There are 1 total vulnerabilities, but none affect the latest version (1.2.2)

Package versions

50 VERSIONS IN TOTAL See all versions
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1.2.21 Mar, 2026
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