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package-url

packageurl-python

Python implementation of the package url spec. This project is sponsored by NLnet project https://nlnet.nl/project/vulnerabilitydatabase/ , the Google Summer of Code, nexB and other generous sponsors.
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Download Stats
Monthly downloads
33.9M
Weekly downloads
9.4M
GitHub stars *
91

Downloads in the 30 and 7 days to October 10, 2026. Refreshed weekly.

Package Information

Latest Version
0.17.6
Requires Python
>=3.8
Licence
MIT
Last Release
10 months ago
Author
the purl authors
First Release
November 18, 2017
Total Releases
57
Python Versions
3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13
No reported malware or high/critical advisories · Details

The current version has no OSV.dev malware reports and no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities.

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
50
Popularity
45
Adoption
90
Community
80
Provenance
0
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
219 days ago
Monthly downloads
33,923,265
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
33,923,265
Stars
91
Stars per 1k downloads
0.00
• 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
1,342,571
Month daily avg
1,130,776
Momentum
+18.7%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
More insights and metrics
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.8
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.14 or newer
Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.11 to 3.13
• Legacy
Supports 3.10 or older (or Python 2)
Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
License categories
License
MIT
• 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
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
326 days ago
Total releases
57
Releases/year
6.4
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
28
Monthly downloads
33,923,265
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
70
 
Issue Burden
-
per 1k stars
Discussions
-
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
47.5%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
107d
 
PR Velocity
Active
 
Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 949.1K
Windows 24.1K
macOS 12.7K

Python Versions

3.12
48.7% 470.6K
3.13
20.6% 199.2K
3.11
17.4% 167.9K
3.14
11.9% 114.7K
3.10
1.5% 14.4K

Top Countries

1. US US
770.9K
2. DE DE
70.9K
3. FI FI
33.2K
4. NL NL
13.3K
5. GB GB
11.4K
6. FR FR
8.4K
7. CA CA
7.8K
8. SE SE
7.4K
9. JP JP
5.4K
10. IN IN
4.6K

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars *

Dependencies

0
7 optional dependencies

Used By

127
View all 127 dependents

Repository details

Forks
59
Issues
51
Last Commit
7 months ago
Contributors
28
Open PRs
17
Archived
No

Data and sources

Tracking Since
September 26, 2026
Data Updated
October 11, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh
Keywords
package url package manager package url
Sources and methodology