pafy

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Is pafy safe to use?

Based on the latest brin safety scan, no vulnerabilities or threats were detected for pafy v0.5.5. Trust score: 85/100. No known CVE vulnerabilities, no detected threat patterns, and no suspicious capabilities identified. This is an automated, point-in-time assessment.

Install (safety-checked)

pafy Passed Security Checks

No security concerns detected

clean
CVEs

0

Threats

0

Install Scripts

0

No Concerns Detected

No security concerns detected in the latest brin assessment. This is an automated, point-in-time evaluation — security posture may change.

This is an automated, point-in-time assessment and may contain errors. Findings are risk indicators, not confirmed threats. Security posture may change over time. Maintainers can dispute findings via the brin review process.

pafy Capabilities & Permissions

What pafy can access when installed. Review these capabilities before using with AI agents like Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex.

Network Access

This package makes network requests.

github.comi.ytimg.comnp1.github.comnp1.github.iowww.gnu.orgwww.googleapis.comwww.youtube.comyoutube.comyoutube.googleapis.com
Protocols: http, https

Filesystem Access

Reads and writes to the filesystem.

.env (rw)/usr/ (rw)setup.py (rw)

Process Spawning

This package can spawn child processes.

Environment Variables

Accesses the following environment variables.

PAFY_BACKENDpafydebug

AGENTS.md for pafy

Good instructions lead to good results. brin adds pafy documentation to your AGENTS.md so your agent knows how to use it properly—improving both safety and performance.

brin init

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pafy Documentation & Source Code

For the full pafy README, API documentation, and source code, visit the official package registry.

Frequently asked questions about pafy safety

Weekly Downloads

14.1K

Version

0.5.5

Last Scanned

Feb 11, 2026

Trust Score

85/100·Legitimacy signals, not safety

Capabilities

Network

Connects to: github.com, i.ytimg.com, np1.github.com...

Filesystem

Reads & Writes files

Process

Spawns child processes

Environment

Accesses: PAFY_BACKEND, pafydebug

Is pafy Safe? | PyPI Safety Scan - brin