Is south healthy, maintained, and safe?
Probably not. South has gone quiet for over two years and shows the hallmarks of an abandoned package.
The verdict
OSPulse scores South at 40/100 (medium risk), computed deterministically from live PyPI release history, and the OSV vulnerability database. Probably not. South has gone quiet for over two years and shows the hallmarks of an abandoned package.
The last sign of life was 23 December 2014, more than 11 years ago (4284 days). By any practical measure the package looks abandoned. Historically it released far more frequently, so the current silence reads as a genuine collapse in velocity rather than a natural gap. PyPI doesn't expose a reliable maintainer count, so bus-factor isn't scored here. Treat maintenance depth as unknown rather than assumed.
Security-wise, South currently has a clean OSV record, with no published advisories. Keep in mind that reflects what's been disclosed, not a guarantee of safety.
South is usable but carries real signals, so pin versions, watch for new advisories, and keep a fallback in mind. This is a one-time snapshot of a single package. Real projects depend on dozens or hundreds of packages, and any one of them can drift or be compromised between releases. Run your own requirements.txt through the free health check, or have OSPulse monitor your whole dependency tree continuously.
Evidence trail: deterministic, auditable
Key facts
- Latest version
- v1.0.2
- Last release
- 23 December 2014 (4284 days ago)
- Total releases
- 21
- First release
- 13 January 2009
- Package age
- 17.7 years
- Maintainers
- not exposed by PyPI
- Known advisories
- 0
- Confidence
- High
Frequently asked
Is South still maintained?
It doesn't appear to be. The last release was 23 December 2014, over two years ago, which usually indicates an abandoned package.
Does South have known security vulnerabilities?
No advisories are currently recorded for South in the OSV database. That means none have been publicly disclosed and indexed, so it is not a guarantee of safety.
Is South safe to use?
Probably not. South has gone quiet for over two years and shows the hallmarks of an abandoned package. OSPulse rates it 40/100 (medium risk) based on release recency, cadence and known vulnerabilities.
Other PyPI packages we've checked
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Data from the PyPI registry & OSV.dev · snapshot generated 2026-09-15 · scores are deterministic and recomputed on each refresh.