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setuptools — deep security report

ShadowCanopy's full breakdown of setuptools on PyPI: verdict, AI analysis, dependency chain, network behavior, prebuilds, and obfuscated code.

Safe to use
Deep-scanned by ShadowCanopy — no threats found in its code, dependencies, or network behavior.
Scanned 8/16/2026
Approvedsetuptools@83.0.0View on registry ↗latest: 83.0.0

No malicious behavior detected in setuptools@83.0.0.

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AI breakdown

Plain-English summary of what this package does and how it behaves.

Most extensible Python build backend with support for C/C++ extension modules

Data access

  • None observed in static analysis

Network

  • No network access observed

No static security findings were raised for this package.

Dependency & execution chain

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294 packages8 direct2 flaggedtruncated
setuptools@83.0.0
tomli@2.4.1
ruff@0.16.652 findings

Package metadata

LicenseUnknown

Most extensible Python build backend with support for C/C++ extension modules

Files in package (500)

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