PyRank
nexB

commoncode

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commoncode has 154K monthly downloads and 3K GitHub stars. Version 32.5.2 supports Python 3.10+, first published in 2020.

It is actively maintained, last released in Jun 2026.

It is built on top of attrs, beautifulsoup4 and click. It is used by 18 tracked packages, including typecode, extractcode and container-inspector.

GitHub topics include license, copyright and dependencies.

Shared Repository
This package shares its GitHub repository (nexB/scancode-toolkit) with 2 other packages. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
4.7K
Week
33.4K
Month
154.2K
Stars
2.6K
Forks
743
Issues
1.4K
Version
32.5.2

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
90
Popularity
76
Adoption
61
Community
90
Provenance
0
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
11 days ago
Monthly downloads
154,204
• Active
Activity within 30 days
Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
154,204
Stars
2,575
Stars per 1k downloads
16.70
Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
• Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
4,765
Month daily avg
5,140
Momentum
-7.3%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.10
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
• Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
License categories
License
Not specified
Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
• Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
Package does not declare a license.
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
25 days ago
Total releases
41
Releases/year
7.1
Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
• Regular
Last release within 365 days
Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
351
Monthly downloads
154,204
High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
• Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
94
 
Issue Burden
562.7
per 1k stars
Discussions
10.5
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
47.2%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Active
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 1.6K
Windows 18
macOS 11

Python Versions

3.12
40.7% 602
3.14
25.4% 376
3.13
16.2% 240
3.10
10.1% 149
3.11
7.6% 113

Top Countries

1. US US
1.4K
2. DE DE
51
3. SE SE
38
4. FR FR
31
5. SG SG
26
6. NL NL
21
7. IN IN
14
8. JP JP
14
9. GB GB
13
10. ES ES
10

Package Information

License
Unknown
First Release
September 24, 2020
Last Release
3 weeks ago
Last Commit
1 week ago
Latest Version
32.5.2
Total Releases
41
Contributors
351
Open PRs
184
Archived
No
Python Versions
3
Wheels
py3
Keywords
utilities scancode-toolkit
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
July 5, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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