Is DSPy Still Maintained? Live GitHub Status
DSPy is a Stanford NLP framework for programming, rather than hand-prompting, language model pipelines.
Short answer: Yes, it is actively maintained. Health score 92/100. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
What the numbers say
DSPy’s main branch received 188 commits in the last 91 days, against 166 in the same 91 days a year earlier (+13%). Activity is at least half of last year’s pace and no maintenance notice was found, so the index labels it active. It has 38,682 stars on GitHub.
DSPy usage: downloads and installs
dspyTrend: the monthly download count is stored once a day, starting 17 Oct 2026. A chart appears here after a week of readings.
Download and pull counts include automated installs from CI pipelines, containers and mirrors, so they show how widely the software is pulled, not how many people use it. Numbers from different registries are not comparable with each other. Sources: PyPI download statistics via ecosyste.ms, read 18 Oct 2026, 14:54 UTC.
DSPy security practices and adoption
Used by other projects
deps.dev: PyPI packages that depend on dspy 3.4.1
- Indirect dependents88
- All dependents259
- RegistryPyPI
Scorecard checks security practices such as code review, branch protection and pinned dependencies; it does not find bugs, and a low score does not mean the software is unsafe. Dependents and download counts show reach, not quality. Sources: deps.dev, GitHub, read 18 Oct 2026, 15:32 UTC.
Health score breakdown
| Part | Points | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Activity | 28.7 / 35 | 188 commits in the last 91 days (full marks at 600) |
| Trend | 20.0 / 20 | 113% of last year’s pace (full marks at 100%) |
| Recency | 15.0 / 15 | last commit 0 days ago |
| Releases | 10.0 / 10 | latest GitHub release 5 days ago |
| Community | 18.4 / 20 | 191 pull requests merged in the last 91 days (full marks at 300) |
Open issues and pull requests: 810. The score summarises maintenance signals only, not quality or security. How the score works
DSPy: common questions
Is DSPy still maintained?
Yes. As of 18 October 2026, DSPy received 188 commits in the last 91 days and its latest commit is from 18 October 2026, and no maintenance notice was found. Its health score is 92 out of 100.
What is the latest DSPy release?
The latest GitHub release of DSPy is 3.4.1, published on 12 October 2026.
How many people contribute to DSPy?
GitHub lists 410 contributors for DSPy. 191 pull requests were merged in the last 91 days.
What licence does DSPy use?
GitHub identifies the DSPy licence as MIT. Read the licence file before commercial use.
How many times is DSPy downloaded?
The dspy package on PyPI was downloaded 5,312,050 times in the last month, according to ecosyste.ms (checked 18 October 2026). The count includes automated installs from CI pipelines and mirrors, so it is not a count of users.
How is the health score calculated?
It adds five parts from public GitHub data: commit activity over 91 days (35 points), the trend against the same period last year (20), how recent the last commit is (15), how recent the last release is (10) and merged pull requests (20). Archived projects score 0; a maintenance notice caps the score at 25. It measures maintenance signals only, not code quality or security.
Visitor rating
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Ratings come from visitors, not from EvalAITools, and are not part of the health status above. One rating per visitor per tool every 30 days.
Daily snapshots
| Date (UTC) | Stars | Commits, last 91 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2026 | 38,675 | 187 | Active |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 38,661 | 187 | Active |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 38,653 | 186 | Active |
One snapshot is stored per day, starting 16 October 2026. No status change has been recorded for DSPy since then.
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How this is measured: commits on the repository’s default branch counted through the GitHub API, the last 91 days against the same 91 days a year earlier; archived flag and licence from the repository; README checked daily for maintenance notices. Commit counts measure activity, not quality, and we have not tested this tool ourselves for this page.