# spaCy - **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/spacy - **Category:** NLP Apis - **Homepage:** https://spacy.io - **Also known as:** spacy - **Profile claimed by vendor:** no - **Last updated:** 2026-08-26T19:32:30.866Z ## Vioscale score **49.2 / 100**, confidence 32% (low). Computed 2026-09-01. Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment). | Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present | |---|--:|--:|--:|:--:| | price_level | 100 | 0.052 | 5.2 | ✓ | | reliability | 0 | 0.073 | 0 | - | | capabilities | 0 | 0.084 | 0 | - | | repo_stars | 85.4 | 0.026 | 2.2 | ✓ | | integrations | 8.7 | 0.09355555555555557 | 0.8 | ✓ | | dependent_projects | 70 | 0.063 | 4.4 | ✓ | | dev_activity | 36.1 | 0.094 | 3.4 | ✓ | | release_cadence | 88.9 | 0.052 | 4.6 | ✓ | | security_posture | 0 | 0.073 | 0 | - | | package_downloads | 0 | 0.136 | 0 | - | | security_score | 52 | 0.042 | 2.2 | ✓ | | pricing_transparency | 25 | 0.084 | 2.1 | ✓ | | community_qa_activity | 0 | 0.063 | 0 | - | ## Pricing _As of 2026-08-19, [verify at source](https://spacy.io). Independently observed._ Open source · Free tier > Free, open-source library ## About An open-source natural language processing library designed for building real-world applications. It excels at large-scale information extraction and has become an industry standard since 2015 with a robust ecosystem of plugins. _Independently observed._ ## Platform & deployment - **Platforms:** CLI, macOS, Linux, Windows - **Deployment:** On-premise, Self-hosted ## Integrations (1) _Independently observed._ - PyTorch ## Release history | Version | Date | Type | |---|---|---| | [release-v3.8.16](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.16) | 2026-08-24 | stable | | [release-v3.8.15](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.15) | 2026-08-07 | stable | | [release-v3.8.14](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.14) | 2026-03-29 | stable | | [release-v3.8.13](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.13) | 2026-03-23 | stable | | [release-v3.8.12](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.12) | 2026-03-23 | stable | | [release-v3.8.11](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.11) | 2025-11-17 | stable | | [release-v3.8.10](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.10) | 2025-11-17 | stable | | [release-v3.8.9](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.9) | 2025-11-13 | stable | | [release-v3.8.8](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.8) | 2025-11-07 | stable | | [release-v3.8.7](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.7) | 2025-05-23 | stable | | [release-v3.8.6](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.6) | 2025-05-19 | stable | | [release-v3.8.3](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.3) | 2024-12-11 | stable | | [release-v3.8.2](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/release-v3.8.2) | 2024-10-01 | stable | | [prerelease-v3.8.0.dev0](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/prerelease-v3.8.0.dev0) | 2024-09-09 | prerelease | | [prerelease-v3.7.6a](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases/tag/prerelease-v3.7.6a) | 2024-08-20 | prerelease | _… and 5 earlier release(s)._ ## Security & compliance Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) ([source](https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=spacy&per_page=100)). A count reflects scale and disclosure, not quality. ## Facts Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule. ### integrations | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | integrations.count | 1 | [link](https://spacy.io) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) | ### market | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://spacy.io) | 2026-08-19 | 75% (high) | ### pricing | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://spacy.io) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) | | pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://spacy.io) | 2026-08-26 | 40% (low) | | pricing.price_level | free | [link](https://spacy.io) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) | ### adoption | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | adoption.github_stars | 33,849 | [link](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) | | adoption.dependent_repos | 15,793 | [link](https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/packages/lookup?repository_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fexplosion%2FspaCy) | 2026-08-26 | 85% (high) | ### language | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | language.primary | Python | [link](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) | ### release | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | release.cadence_days | 20 | [link](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/releases) | 2026-08-26 | 70% (medium) | ### activity | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | activity.commits_last_30d | 13 | [link](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/pulse) | 2026-08-26 | 65% (medium) | ### license | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | license.spdx | MIT | [link](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy) | 2026-08-26 | 95% (high) | ### security | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | security.scorecard | 5.2 | [link](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/explosion/spaCy) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) | | security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=spacy&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | [link](https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=spacy&per_page=100) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) | --- *Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/spacy). 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