paramiko
PyPI9.8k GitHub starsv5.0.0 · May 2026 · LGPL-2.1 (top-level declared license)
pip install paramiko- No known CVEs
- 153.9M downloads/mo
- 151 versions
Description
The leading native Python SSHv2 protocol library.
Licenses
Declared license
LGPL-2.1 (top-level declared license of paramiko)
Transitive dependency licenses
paramiko pulls in 6 transitive dependencies across 5 distinct licenses, all permissive.
| License | Category | Dependencies |
|---|---|---|
| Apache-2.0 | Permissive | 2 of 6 |
| Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause | Permissive | 1 of 6 |
| BSD-2-Clause | Permissive | 1 of 6 |
| BSD-3-Clause | Permissive | 1 of 6 |
| MIT-0 | Permissive | 1 of 6 |
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Version history
| Version | Published | License |
|---|---|---|
| 5.0.0 | May 2026 | LGPL-2.1 |
| 4.0.0 | Aug 2025 | |
| 3.5.1 | Feb 2025 | |
| 3.5.0 | Sep 2024 | |
| 3.4.1 | Aug 2024 | |
| 3.3.2 | Aug 2024 | |
| 3.4.0 | Dec 2023 | |
| 3.3.1 | Jul 2023 | |
| 3.3.0 | Jul 2023 | |
| 3.2.0 | May 2023 | |
| 3.1.0 | Mar 2023 | |
| 3.0.0 | Jan 2023 | |
| 2.12.0 | Nov 2022 | |
| 2.11.1 | Nov 2022 | |
| 2.10.6 | Nov 2022 | |
| 2.11.0 | May 2022 | |
| 2.10.5 | May 2022 | |
| 2.9.5 | May 2022 | |
| 2.10.4 | Apr 2022 | |
| 2.9.4 | Apr 2022 | |
| 2.10.3 | Mar 2022 | |
| 2.9.3 | Mar 2022 | |
| 2.10.2 | Mar 2022 | |
| 2.10.1 | Mar 2022 | |
| 2.10.0 | Mar 2022 |
25 older releases
| Version | Published | License |
|---|---|---|
| 2.9.2 | Jan 2022 | |
| 2.9.1 | Dec 2021 | |
| 2.9.0 | Dec 2021 | |
| 2.8.1 | Nov 2021 | |
| 2.8.0 | Oct 2021 | |
| 2.7.2 | Aug 2020 | |
| 2.7.1 | Dec 2019 | |
| 2.7.0 | Dec 2019 | |
| 2.6.0 | Jun 2019 | |
| 2.5.1 | Jun 2019 | |
| 2.4.3 | Jun 2019 | |
| 2.5.0 | Jun 2019 | |
| 2.4.2 | Sep 2018 | |
| 2.3.3 | Sep 2018 | |
| 2.2.4 | Sep 2018 | |
| 2.1.6 | Sep 2018 | |
| 2.0.9 | Sep 2018 | |
| 2.4.1 | Mar 2018 | |
| 2.3.2 | Mar 2018 | |
| 2.2.3 | Mar 2018 | |
| 2.1.5 | Mar 2018 | |
| 2.0.8 | Mar 2018 | |
| 1.18.5 | Mar 2018 | |
| 1.17.6 | Mar 2018 | |
| 2.4.0 | Nov 2017 |
Latest pre-release: 0.9-horsea (Sep 2012). Pre-releases (canary, beta, release candidate and similar) are not listed.
pip install paramiko resolves to the 5.x line today. Older major lines may still receive fixes.
Direct dependencies
4 direct dependencies, 6 in total including transitive. Licenses across the full tree are summarized under Licenses.
| Package | Version range | License |
|---|---|---|
| bcrypt | >=3.2 | Apache-2.0 |
| cryptography | >=3.3 | Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause |
| invoke | >=2.0 | BSD-2-Clause |
| pynacl | >=1.5 | Apache-2.0 |
Based on what each package declares in its published metadata. The dependencies your build actually installs can differ, and a FOSSA scan of your project resolves the full tree.
Popularity
- Downloads last month
- 153.9M
- Known dependents in this corpus
- 3,533
- GitHub stars
- 9.8k
- OpenSSF score
- 4.2 / 10
FAQ
- What is the latest version of paramiko?
- The latest version of paramiko is 5.0.0, published May 2026.
- What license is paramiko under?
- paramiko declares LGPL-2.1 as its top-level declared license. Its dependency tree spans 5 distinct licenses.
- Does paramiko have known vulnerabilities?
- No known CVEs are recorded against published versions of paramiko.
- How do I install paramiko?
- Install paramiko with pip install paramiko.
- How do I generate an SBOM that includes paramiko?
- FOSSA's SBOM generator produces SPDX or CycloneDX output for a codebase that includes paramiko. Generate an SPDX or CycloneDX SBOM free.