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IdentityPython

pysaml2

Python implementation of SAML2
PyPI GitHub
No known security advisories. The current version has no OSV.dev malware reports and no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities.

pysaml2 has 2.7M monthly downloads and 607 GitHub stars. Version 7.5.4 supports Python 3.9+, first published in 2013.

It is minimally maintained, last released in Oct 2025.

It is built on top of cryptography, defusedxml and pyopenssl. It is used by 37 tracked packages, including djangosaml2, keystone and djangosaml2idp2.

GitHub topics include saml, saml2 and federation.

Shared Repository
This package shares its GitHub repository (IdentityPython/pysaml2) with 2 other packages. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
65.6K
Week
540.8K
Month
2.7M
Stars
607
Forks
468
Issues
100
Version
7.5.4

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
50
Popularity
65
Adoption
60
Community
100
Provenance
0
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
272 days ago
Monthly downloads
2,706,535
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
2,706,535
Stars
607
Stars per 1k downloads
0.22
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
77,252
Month daily avg
90,218
Momentum
-14.4%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.9
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
272 days ago
Total releases
65
Releases/year
4.9
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
138
Monthly downloads
2,706,535
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
80
 
Issue Burden
164.7
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
29.5%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

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

Downloads by OS

Linux 27.7K
Windows 892
macOS 240

Python Versions

3.13
28.8% 7.7K
3.12
27.9% 7.4K
3.14
20.1% 5.4K
3.11
18.6% 5.0K
3.10
4.5% 1.2K

Top Countries

1. US US
17.4K
2. FI FI
3.6K
3. DE DE
2.6K
4. JP JP
793
5. NL NL
567
6. GB GB
408
7. HK HK
398
8. IN IN
315
9. IE IE
261
10. CA CA
244
GitHub Topics
Tags from the package's GitHub repository describing what it does.

Package Information

License
Unknown
First Release
April 11, 2013
Last Release
9 months ago
Last Commit
9 months ago
Latest Version
7.5.4
Total Releases
65
Contributors
138
Open PRs
37
Archived
No
Author
IdentityPython
Wheels
py2 py3
Keywords
saml saml2 standard federation identity idpy IdentityPython
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
July 5, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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