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setuptools

Most extensible Python build backend with support for C/C++ extension modules
Licenses: (Apache-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause OR LGPL-3.0 OR MIT) | Python-2.0 | (0BSD OR Apache-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause OR LGPL-3.0 OR MIT) | MIT
Published: 20 years ago Last updated: 1 months ago Latest version: 84.0.0 Latest non-vulnerable version: 84.0.0
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Package Health Score

73/100
  • securitySecurity issues found
  • popularityKey ecosystem project
  • maintenanceSustainable
  • communityActive

Maintenance

SUSTAINABLE

Commit Frequency

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Open Issues
609
Open PR
63
New PRS
0
Last Release
1 months ago
Last Commit
1 months ago
Maintainers
390

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

We found that setuptools demonstrates a positive version release cadence with at least one new version released in the past 3 months.

In the past month we didn't find any pull request activity or change in issues status has been detected for the GitHub repository.

Popularity

KEY ECOSYSTEM PROJECT
GitHub Stars
2.8k
Forks
1.4k
Contributors
390

Based on project statistics from the GitHub repository for the PyPI package setuptools, we found that it has been starred 2,839 times.

Community

ACTIVE
Readme
Yes
Contributing.md
No
Code of Conduct
Yes
Contributors
390
Funding
Yes
LICENSE
MIT

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

License

(Apache-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause OR LGPL-3.0 OR MIT)[80.10.1,);
Python-2.0[0.6b1,19.5);
(0BSD OR Apache-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause OR LGPL-3.0 OR MIT)[78.1.1,80.10.1);
MIT[19.5,78.1.1);
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Security

SECURITY ISSUES FOUND
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No vulnerabilities found

No vulnerabilities found in the latest version

There are 8 total vulnerabilities, but none affect the latest version (84.0.0)

Package versions

624 VERSIONS IN TOTAL See all versions
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84.0.08 Aug, 2026
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83.0.04 Jul, 2026
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82.0.19 Mar, 2026
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82.0.08 Feb, 2026
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81.0.06 Feb, 2026
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80.10.225 Jan, 2026
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80.10.121 Jan, 2026
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80.9.027 May, 2025
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80.8.020 May, 2025
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80.7.115 May, 2025
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