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A small Python module for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a "user data dir".
License: Permissive (MIT)
Published: over 5 years ago
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
No license compliance issues
Secrets
No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities
No known vulnerabilities detected
Hardening
No application hardening issues

Threats

Tampering
No evidence of software tampering
Malware
No evidence of malware inclusion

Popularity

1.4B
Total Downloads
4
Contributors
0
Declared Dependencies
3.01k
Dependents

Top issues

No issues found.

Top behaviors

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Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
75 packages
found in
Top 100
451 packages
found in
Top 1k
3488 packages
found in
Top 10k
109392 packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
20 packages
found in
Top 100
87 packages
found in
Top 1k
398 packages
found in
Top 10k
9398 packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
67 packages
found in
Top 100
520 packages
found in
Top 1k
3993 packages
found in
Top 10k
158349 packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
8 packages
found in
Top 100
15 packages
found in
Top 1k
103 packages
found in
Top 10k
4637 packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
16 packages
found in
Top 100
86 packages
found in
Top 1k
341 packages
found in
Top 10k
7700 packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

No vulnerabilities found.

FAQ for appdirs

What is appdirs?

A small Python module for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a "user data dir". For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is appdirs malicious or is it safe to use?

The Python package appdirs was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. No risks were detected, therefore, this version of the package is currently considered as safe to use.

Is appdirs popular?

The Python package appdirs ranks among the top 1000 projects in this community. It has 1B recorded downloads. A package's popularity is not a good indicator of its safety, visit the SAFE Assessment section to see the full analysis of package deployment risk categories.

How do I secure appdirs once it is in my app?

Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how appdirs behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a appdirs version, which can prevent advanced software supply chain attacks. Read how our technology can help prevent future attacks similar to SolarWinds and 3CX.

Did you know...

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