mixbox
Utility library for cybox, maec, and stix packages
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are using python-cybox, python-maec, or python-stix—mixbox is a required transitive dependency. No, if you are starting a new project; the dormant maintenance status and lack of updates since 2020 make it unsuitable as a foundation for new code. Install only as a dependency of active downstream packages.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution.
- Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2020-11-20 and the repository has not been updated since 2024-08-15, so expect no active bug fixes or feature development.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — Licensed under BSD (permissive), so you can use, modify, and distribute the package freely with minimal restrictions.
last release 2020-11-20 (2093 days) · last repo commit 2024-08-15 · 8 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 122,832 downloads/mo, #11,929 on PyPI
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pip install mixbox
import mixbox
from mixbox import Entity
# Use mixbox utilities in downstream packages like python-cybox- Whether mixbox remains compatible with modern Python versions beyond 3.8, given the dormant maintenance status.
- Current stability and compatibility with recent versions of its runtime dependencies (lxml, python-dateutil, ordered-set, weakrefmethod).
- What specific data structures and serialization logic mixbox provides to its downstream consumers.
What it is and what it does
Mixbox is a utility library that provides shared code for three related Python packages in the cybersecurity domain: python-cybox, python-maec, and python-stix. It handles common data structures, serialization logic, and XML processing that these threat intelligence frameworks rely on. The package depends on lxml for XML handling, python-dateutil for date operations, ordered-set for ordered collections, and weakrefmethod for weak reference support.
The library is in production/stable status but has been dormant since late 2020, with no releases or commits for several years. It remains in the top 15000 PyPI packages by download volume, suggesting it is still used as a transitive dependency by downstream security tools. However, its age and lack of active maintenance mean it carries the risk of compatibility issues with newer Python versions or dependency updates.
Use it for
- Building threat intelligence tools that depend on python-cybox, python-maec, or python-stix frameworks.
- Developing cybersecurity analysis platforms that need shared data serialization and XML handling utilities.
- Contributing to or extending existing CybOX, MAEC, or STIX-based security projects that rely on mixbox internals.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you are using python-cybox, python-maec, or python-stix—mixbox is a required transitive dependency.
No, if you are starting a new project; the dormant maintenance status and lack of updates since 2020 make it unsuitable as a foundation for new code. Install only as a dependency of active downstream packages.
Install
mixbox on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2020-11-20 and the repository has not been updated since 2024-08-15, so expect no active bug fixes or feature development.
License in practice
Licensed under BSD (permissive), so you can use, modify, and distribute the package freely with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install mixbox
import mixbox
from mixbox import Entity
# Use mixbox utilities in downstream packages like python-cyboxVerify before relying
- Whether mixbox remains compatible with modern Python versions beyond 3.8, given the dormant maintenance status.
- Current stability and compatibility with recent versions of its runtime dependencies (lxml, python-dateutil, ordered-set, weakrefmethod).
- What specific data structures and serialization logic mixbox provides to its downstream consumers.
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagespython-dateutilordered-setlxmlweakrefmethod |
| Maintenance | Dormant 2,093 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 122,832 / month, #11,929 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 2Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8 |
Evidence: mixbox-1.0.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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