New, Patched & Versioned Packages and Languages

The ActiveState Platform is regularly updated with new, patched and versioned packages and languages. As an ActiveState Platform user, keep your projects up to date by implementing these new upgrades:

February 2024

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
postgresql v16.1.0 Python Patches flaws for pg_cancel_backend roles, remote system memory reads and data overflows during array modification Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux 2024/02/05
numpy v1.26.3 Python Required to install the latest version of Pandas Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux 2024/02/05
h5py v3.8 to v3.10 Perl Perl database driver for Oracle now builds for Mac Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux 2024/02/05
OpenSSL v3.2.1 Python Latest release Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux 2024/02/05

January 2024

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Flask 1.1.4.1 Python Simple Web framework compatible with Python <v3.6 Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux 2024/01/05
NLTK 3.4.5.1 Python Resolves a regex denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability (CVE 2021-43854) Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux 2024/01/05
DBD-Oracle Perl Perl database driver for Oracle now builds for Mac Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux 2024/01/05
Python 3.11.7 Python Resolves a number of issues with previous versions – recommended upgrade Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux 2024/01/05
OpenSSL v3.2.0 Python Latest release Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux 2024/01/05

December 2023

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Crypt-OpenSSL-AES 0.17 Perl Perl cryptography library. Now builds on Windows 2023/12/04
XML-LibXSLT 2.x Perl Perl library for working with XML. Now builds on Windows and Linux 2023/12/04
Net-SSH2 0.73 Perl Perl library for SSH. Now builds on Windows and Linux 2023/12/04
pyarrow 12.0.0, 12.0.1, and 14.0.0 Python Now builds for Python. Now builds on Windows and Linux 2023/12/04
Numba 0.58.1 Python Resolves a number of issues with previous versions – recommended upgrade. Now builds on Windows and Linux 2023/12/04
In addition, the team tackled two Perl zero day issues this month, patching the Perl 5.22 through 5.28 cores to address the vulnerabilities. Learn More.

November 2023

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
cURL v7.78.0 thru 8.3.0 Perl, Python multiple versions have been patched on Perl and Python to address critical vulnerability CVE-2023-38545 – Upgrade Recommended. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/11/02
OpenSSL v3.0.12, 3.1.4 Python Updated versions addressing security issues. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/11/02
cmake v.3.27.7 Python Latest version Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/11/02
Cython v0.29.36 Python Now builds for Python Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/11/02
PostgreSQL v16 & 15.4 Python Resolves a number of issues with previous versions – Upgrade Recommended. Now builds on Windows and Linux 2023/11/02
Additionally, we have begun importing prebuilt binaries for some packages to guarantee you can add them successfully to your build. The current list includes:
Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Pyarrow v6.0.1 Python Can now be successfully added to Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/11/02
Tensorflow-metadata Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows 2023/11/02
Tensorflow-data-validation Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Linux 2023/11/02

October 2023

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
OpenSSL All v1.1.1w, 3.0.11 and 3.1.3 – updates added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/10/01
setuptools-scm v8.0.1 Python Updates. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/10/01
mariadb v1.1.5 and 1.1.7 Python Python wrapper for the open source mariadb driver for mysql databases. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/10/01
pygame v.2.4.0 & 2.5.2 Python Newer versions for Python. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/10/01
numpy v1.25.2 Python New version for Python. Now builds on Windows and Linux 2023/10/01
Cython 3.0.0 and 3.0.2 Python Now builds for Python. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/10/01
Python 3.7.17.2 Python Resolves a number of CVEs. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/10/01
Additionally, we have begun importing prebuilt binaries for some packages to guarantee you can add them successfully to your build. The current list includes:
Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Pydantic v2.2.0 Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/10/01
Pydantic-core v2.6.0 Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows 2023/10/01
astokens v2.0.5 Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Linux 2023/10/01
Colander (all versions) Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/10/01
Safetensors v0.3.2 Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows and Linux 2023/10/01
opencv-python & opencv-python-headless Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/10/01
onnx & onnxruntime Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/10/01

September 2023

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
sqlite3 3.43.0 Python Latest version added for Python builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/09/01
Certifi v2020.4.5.1 Python Now builds for Python 2. Updated for Python 2 2023/09/01
Python  Python v3,7,17.1, 3.9.18, 3.10.13, 3.11.5 newer point releases now available, providing security & bug fixes. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac. Upgrade Recommended. 2023/09/01
Maturin 1.2.3 Python Now builds for Python. Now builds on Windows and Linux 2023/09/01
Orjson 3.9.5 Python New version for Python. Now builds on Windows and Linux 2023/09/01
DBD-JDBC Python Now builds for Perl. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/09/01
Pydantic-extra-types 2.0.0 Python Now builds for Python. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/09/01
Tcl Tcl twapi 4.7.2, tkcon 2.7.11, tdom 0.9.3, tclx 8.6.2, sqlite3 3.42.0, nsf 2.4.0 – now builds for Tcl. Now builds on Windows, Linux. 2023/09/01
Ruby Ruby Ruby 3.2.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.0 – latest version of Ruby have been added. Now builds on Windows, Linux. 2023/09/01
Additionally, we have begun importing prebuilt binaries for some packages to guarantee you can add them successfully to your build. The current list includes:
Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Tensorflow, Torch, Torchvision, Torchaudio Python The latest version of each can now be successfully added to Mac builds. Now builds on Mac 2023/09/01
Protofbuf Python The latest version can now be added successfully to Windows builds. Now builds on Windows 2023/09/01
cmake 3.27.1 Python Can now be successfully added to Linux builds. Now builds on Linux 2023/09/01
Kivy 2.1.0 Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/09/01
Orjson 3.9.5 Python New version for Python. Now builds on Windows and Linux 2023/09/01
Spyder 5.4.x Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/09/01
pyqt Python pyqt5 5.15.9, pyqt5-qt5 5,15,2, pyqtwebengine 5.15.6, pyqtwebengine-pyqt5 5.15.2 – can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/09/01
ray 2.6.1 Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/09/01
wxpython 4.2.1 Python Can now be successfully added to Mac and Windows builds Now builds on Windows and Mac 2023/09/01
Cuda-python 12.1.0 Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/09/01
Tensorstore 0.1.41 Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/09/01
Onnx 1.11.0 Python Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/09/01

July 2023

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
TensorFlow v2.12 Python Latest version added –  Builds on Python 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10. Update: TensorFlow 2.10 was the last version to support GPU on native-windows. We are unable to build Tensorflow for WSL2 at this time because we currently build in virtual environments, and WSL2 requires Hyper-V on bare-metal. Learn more here. TensorFlow up to 2.10.x: * GPU Support on Linux * GPU Support on Windows TensorFlow 2.11 and greater: * GPU Support on Linux * CPU Support on Windows 2023/07/04
OpenSSL Python v3.1.x, v3.0.x & v.1.1.1 latest versions added. Update: Most python and perl modules will work with OpenSSL 3, but some may fail. If this is the case, simply edit the openssl module in your build back to the most recent 1.1.1, currently 1.1.1u(1.11.0.21). Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/07/04
Python  Python v3.7.17, v3,8,18, v3.9.17, v3.10.12 & v3.11.4 – latest minor releases added. Provide fixes to known vulnerabilities Upgrade Recommended. 2023/07/04
SQLite v3.42 Python Latest version added – provides numerous enhancements. Upgrade Recommended. 2023/07/04
Colorama v0.4.5 & v0.4.6 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/07/04
Pip v23.1.2 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/07/04
Numpy 1.24.3 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/07/04
Maturin v1.0.1 Python Key ML ingredient that adds a Rust backend to the platform Now builds on Windows, Linux. 2023/07/04

June 2023

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Python 3.10.11 Python Now available providing security fixes, including for a critical CVE. Recommended Upgrade 2023/06/01
Python 3.11.3 Python Now available. Maintenance Release 2023/06/01
GraphQL-server v3.0.0b Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/06/01
Pygame v2.4.0 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/06/01
Arcade (pyarcade) 2.6.7 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/06/01
Github-reserved-names Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/06/01
Pygit2 v1.12.0 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/06/01
Perl 5.36.1 Perl Now available, providing select bug fixes. Upgrade Recommended 2023/06/01
Pod-parser v1.66 Perl Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/06/01
Win32-AuthenticateUser v0.02 Perl Latest version added. Now builds on Windows 2023/06/01

May 2023

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Wheel v0.40.0 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/05/03
Ipykernel v6.22 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/05/03
Jupyter Python Jupyter-core v5.3; Jupyter-client v8.2, jupyterlab v4.0.0b1, jupyterlab-server v2.22.1, jupyter-server v2.5 added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/05/03
Traitlets v5.9 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/05/03
sqlite3 v3.41.2 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/05/03
Pycurl v7.43.0 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/05/03
curl v8.0.1 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/05/03
matplotlib v3.7.1 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/05/03
Scipy v1.10.1 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/05/03
Xgboost v1.7.4 Python Latest version added. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/05/03
tqdm & tomlkit Python Updated to provide Data Version Control (DVC) support Recommended Upgrade 2023/05/03

April 2023

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
sphinx-lint v0.6.7 Python Provides linter capabilities Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/04/04
Pycurl/curl Python The latest version of the curl shared library now builds, enabling you to add pycurl to your projects Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/04/04
Python 3.10.10 Python The recommended minor version of Python 3.10 has been moved from 3.10.8 to 3.10.10. New packages and versions will be built on this release first. Upgrade Recommended 2023/04/04
Pillow Patches  Python Pillow versions prior to v8.3.2 have been patched to address a number of vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-23437, CVE-2021-27922, CVE-2021-27923, CVE-2021-25293, CVE-2021-25291, CVE-2021-25290 and CVE-2020-10379) 2023/04/04

March 2023

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Shapely 2.0.1 Python Provides manipulation and analysis of geometric objects in the Cartesian plane Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac 2023/03/15
Python 3.11.1 & 3.11.2 Python Minor releases that provide fixes to security issues. Upgrade recommended for CVE fixes 2023/03/15

February 2023

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Perl 5.34.1 Perl Includes a number of core module updates, a B::Deparse bug fix, and the ability to compile Perl on Windows using MS Visual Studio 2022. Upgrade Recommended 2023/02/13
jsonschema 4.17.3 Python Fixes instantiating validators with cached refs to boolean schema rather than objects. Upgrade Recommended 2023/02/13

December 2022

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Python 3.10.8, 3.9.15, 3.8.15 Python Point release that addresses a number of security issues. Upgrade Recommended 2022/12/02
pygame 2.1.2 Python Including pygame dependencies like libevent, vorbis, libxmp, flac will now build Now Builds on Windows and Linux 2022/12/02
Perl Packages Perl IO-File-Cached, Mail-SpamAssassin and MaxMind-DB-Reader-XS are now available on the ActiveState Platform. Now Builds on Mac and Linux 2022/12/02

November 2022

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Python 3.10.7, 3.9.14, 3.8.14 Python Point release that addresses a number of security issues. Upgrade Recommended 2022/11/02
Python C-libraries Python  libxml 2.10.3, libxslt 1.1.37, libexpat 2.4.9, zlib 1.2.13, curl 7.85.0 and sqlite3 3.39.4, which are all key libraries that have been updated to address security issues. Upgrade Recommended 2022/11/02
Ruby Packages Ruby rake-compiler 1.2.0, parser 3.1.2.1, ruby_memcheck 1.0.3, which are now available on the ActiveState Platform. Now Builds on Windows and Linux 2022/11/02
Python Packages Python grpc 1.49.1, grpcio-tools, flit-core 3.7.1, opencensus packages, which are now available on the ActiveState Platform. Now Builds on Windows, Mac and Linux 2022/11/02

September 2022

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
lxml v4.9.1 Python Point release that addresses a number of security issues. Upgrade Recommended 2022/09/08
cmake Python Cross-platform set of tools for building and packaging software. Now Builds for all OS’s 2022/09/08
jupyterlab-server Python Provides a set of REST API’s for serving JupyterLab files. Now Builds on Mac 2022/09/08
pywinpty Python Create and communicate with Windows processes via consoles. Now Builds on Windows 2022/09/08

August 2022

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Python v3.10.6 Python Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues. Upgrade Recommended 2022/08/11
PyQt6 v6.1.1 Python A comprehensive set of Python bindings for the Qt library, which provides advanced UI design capabilities. Upgrade Optional 2022/08/11
PySide6 v6.3 Python Allows the use of Qt6 APIs in Python apps, as well as the ability to expose apps written in C++ to Python. Upgrade Optional 2022/08/11

July 2022

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
OpenSSL 1.1.1q Python Perl Ruby Tcl Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues. Upgrade Recommended 2022/07/27
Office365 Python Provides a wrapper for the O365 library, which provides control over Microsoft Outlook functionality. Newly Imported 2022/07/27
Dist-Zilla Perl A distribution builder that is designed to make it easier to package and manage open source software for the Perl ecosystem. Newly Imported 2022/07/27
grpcio 1.46.0 Python A modern Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework that can run in any environment. This release addresses bug fixes and provides some improvements. Upgrade Optional 2022/07/13
Python 3.10.5 Python point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues including a critical vulnerability. Upgrade Recommended 2022/07/11
Python 3.9.13 Python Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues. Upgrade Optional 2022/07/11
Python 3.8.13 Python Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security vulnerabilities including a number of high and critical vulnerabilities. Upgrade Recommended 2022/07/11
Ruby 3.0.4 Ruby Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues including a critical and high vulnerability. Upgrade Recommended 2022/07/11
Ruby 3.1.2 Ruby Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues including a critical and high vulnerability. Upgrade Recommended 2022/07/11

June 2022

Name Language Description Status Publish Date
Scipy 1.8.1 and 1.7.3 Python Scientific library for mathematics, science, and engineering routines. Both v1.8.1 and v1.7.3 are bug fix releases with no new features. Upgrade Optional for Linux & Windows 2022/06/28
Perl 5.36 Perl Perl 5.36 features a number of core enhancements, as well as new diagnostics and performance improvements. See Perldelta for more information. Upgrade Optional 2022/06/15
Math-GMP v2.25 Perl Math-GMP v2.25 provides Perl users with a faster way to perform integer math. This latest version incorporates some refactoring and a workaround for Test::Builder. Upgrade Optional 2022/06/15
OpenSSL v1.1.1o Perl Python Tcl Ruby OpenSSL v1.1.1o (labeled as openssl 1.11.0.15 on the ActiveState Platform) includes a fix for CVE-2022-1292 (moderate severity) that eliminates a command injection vulnerability in OpenSSL’s c_rehash script. Upgrade Recommended 2022/06/15
Visit platform.activestate.com to update your projects. We are adding new features to the Platform and how you work with open source languages regularly. Find the latest product updates here. Need help updating your projects? Head to our community forum and start a discussion. For Team/Enterprise information or if you have any questions, please contact us at sales@activestate.com.
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