chardet

v7.4.3PyPI· Python

Universal character encoding detector

The verdict

Safe default. Widely trusted across the ecosystem, actively maintained.

Live from the PyPI registry · derived rules, not AI

How it scores

MaintenanceHealthy

PopularityTop 1%

SecurityClean

LicensePermissive

DepsZero deps

Maintenance

Last published 1 month ago.

Popularity

41M downloads / week

Security

No known advisories for this version (OSV).

License

0BSD

Dependencies

No runtime dependencies

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