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Scans Python packages for abi3 violations and inconsistencies. Version 0.0.26 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-26.
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Package summary
Scans Python packages for abi3 violations and inconsistencies
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- abi3audit
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Project history and usage
abi3audit is a Python packaging audit tool for finding violations and inconsistencies in Python abi3 extension modules and wheels. It can inspect local shared objects, wheels, PyPI packages, and package release histories.
Project history
The README says abi3audit was created by Trail of Bits and is now maintained as part of the Python Packaging Authority. GitHub release metadata for early versions still references the trailofbits repository, while current PyPI metadata points to the PyPA source repository.
Adoption history
abi3audit emerged from security and packaging concerns around Python's stable ABI. Its transfer to PyPA made it part of the Python packaging tool ecosystem, and the Homebrew input facts show it packaged as a command-line tool for macOS users.
How it is used
Users run abi3audit against a shared object, a wheel file, or a PyPI package name. The README documents verbose output for mismatch details and a JSON report mode for tooling integration.
Why package nerds care
abi3audit is package-nerd significant because abi3 wheels promise compatibility across CPython minor versions, but that promise is not automatically enforced at install time. The tool gives maintainers and distribution builders a way to check whether wheel tags and actual exported symbols agree.
Timeline
- 2022-09-20: Current GitHub repository created.
- 2022-09-28: Earliest GitHub release in the current release list is v0.0.2.
- 2022: Early release notes reference the Trail of Bits repository.
- 2022-11: README links Trail of Bits writing about finding bugs with abi3audit.
- 2025: Release series continues under PyPA with packaging and Python-version maintenance.
- 2026-01-23: v0.0.26 released.
Related projects
- Related projects and standards include CPython's stable ABI, abi3 wheel tags, PyPI, PyPA packaging tools, setuptools' py-limited-api option, auditwheel, and Kaitai Struct parsers used by the project.
Sources
- Official README, PyPI metadata, GitHub repository metadata, and GitHub release metadata.
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for abi3audit. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
abi3audit | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.0.26
manager updated2026-05-26
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:abi3audit |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.26 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/pypa/abi3audit |
| Last updated | 2026-05-26T23:37:45-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation