🏆 A ranked list of awesome python developer tools and libraries. Updated weekly.
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- Linters & Style Checkers 40 projects
- Type checkers 5 projects
- Code Formatters 7 projects
- Code Refactoring 18 projects
- Code Security 8 projects
- Virtual Environments 10 projects
- Dependency & Package Managers 11 projects
- Code Metrics & Complexity 6 projects
- Logging 21 projects
- Shell 2 projects
- Documentation 29 projects
- Debugging Tools 13 projects
- Testing Tools 43 projects
- Code Packaging 16 projects
- Build Tools 14 projects
- System Monitoring & Profiling 18 projects
- AST Tools 6 projects
- Others 1 projects
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- ⭐️ Star count from GitHub
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- 💤 Inactive project (6 months no activity)
- 💀 Dead project (12 months no activity)
- 📈📉 Project is trending up or down
- ➕ Project was recently added
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- 👨💻 Contributors count from GitHub
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- 📋 Issue count from GitHub
- ⏱️ Last update timestamp on package manager
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wemake-python-styleguide (🥇37 · ⭐ 2.8K) - The strictest and most opinionated python linter ever!. MIT
beartype (🥈36 · ⭐ 3.4K) - Unbearably fast near-real-time pure-Python runtime-static type-checker. MIT
pycodestyle (🥈33 · ⭐ 5.2K) - Simple Python style checker in one Python file. MIT
flake8-bugbear (🥈33 · ⭐ 1.1K) - A plugin for Flake8 finding likely bugs and design problems.. MIT
mypy-protobuf (🥈28 · ⭐ 700) - open source tools to generate mypy stubs from protobufs. Apache-2
flake8-isort (🥈28 · ⭐ 190) - flake8 plugin that integrates isort. ❗️GPL-2.0
flake8-comprehensions (🥈27 · ⭐ 470) - A flake8 plugin to help you write better.. MIT
check-manifest (🥉25 · ⭐ 290) - Tool to check the completeness of MANIFEST.in for Python packages. MIT
flake8-black (🥉25 · ⭐ 160) - flake8 plugin to run black for checking Python coding style. MIT
flake8-simplify (🥉23 · ⭐ 200) - A flake8 plugin that helps you to simplify code. MIT
flake8-builtins (🥉23 · ⭐ 120) - Check for python builtins being used as variables or.. ❗️GPL-2.0
flake8-import-order (🥉21 · ⭐ 280) - Flake8 plugin that checks import order against.. ❗️LGPL-3.0
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- pydocstyle (🥈32 · ⭐ 1.1K · 💀) - docstring style checker.
MIT - pylint-django (🥈29 · ⭐ 620 · 📈) - Pylint plugin for improving code analysis for when..
❗Unlicensed - pep8-naming (🥈28 · ⭐ 530 · 💤) - Naming Convention checker for Python.
❗Unlicensed - darglint (🥈27 · ⭐ 480 · 💀) - A python documentation linter which checks that the docstring..
MIT - coala (🥉26 · ⭐ 3.6K · 💀) - coala provides a unified command-line interface for linting and..
❗️AGPL-3.0 - pylama (🥉26 · ⭐ 1.1K · 💀) - Code audit tool for python.
MIT - flake8-quotes (🥉26 · ⭐ 180 · 💀) - Flake8 extension for checking quotes in python.
MIT - flake8-eradicate (🥉25 · ⭐ 320 · 💀) - Flake8 plugin to find commented out or dead code.
MIT - Fixit (🥉24 · ⭐ 700) - Advanced Python linting framework with auto-fixes and hierarchical..
❗Unlicensed - pandas-vet (🥉22 · ⭐ 170 · 💀) - A plugin for Flake8 that checks pandas code.
MIT - flake8-commas (🥉21 · ⭐ 130) - Flake8 extension for enforcing trailing commas in..
❗Unlicensed - flake8-bandit (🥉21 · ⭐ 120 · 💀) - Automated security testing using bandit and flake8.
MIT - data-science-types (🥉20 · ⭐ 200 · 💀) - Mypy stubs, i.e., type information, for numpy, pandas..
Apache-2 - pylint-flask (🥉18 · ⭐ 64 · 💀) - A Pylint plugin to analyze Flask applications.
❗️GPL-2.0 - flake8-mypy (🥉17 · ⭐ 100 · 💀) - A plugin for flake8 integrating Mypy.
MIT - flakehell (🥉16 · ⭐ 230 · 💀) - Flake8 wrapper to make it nice, legacy-friendly, configurable.
MIT - bellybutton (🥉15 · ⭐ 280 · 💀) - Custom Python linting through AST expressions.
MIT - imhotep (🥉15 · ⭐ 220 · 💀) - A static-analysis bot for Github.
MIT - yala (🥉15 · ⭐ 15 · 💀) - Yet Another Linter Aggregator.
MIT - pycycle (🥉14 · ⭐ 360 · 💀) - Tool for pinpointing circular imports in Python. Find cyclic imports..
MIT - linty_fresh (🥉10 · ⭐ 180 · 💀) - Surface lint errors during code review.
Apache-2mypy
pyre-check (🥉34 · ⭐ 7.2K) - Performant type-checking for python. MIT
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autopep8 (🥉36 · ⭐ 4.7K) - A tool that automatically formats Python code to conform to the PEP 8.. MIT
docformatter (🥉27 · ⭐ 580) - Formats docstrings to follow PEP 257. MIT
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rope (🥈32 · ⭐ 2.2K) - a python refactoring library. ❗️LGPL-3.0
pyupgrade (🥈31 · ⭐ 4.1K) - A tool (and pre-commit hook) to automatically upgrade syntax for newer.. MIT
MonkeyType (🥈26 · ⭐ 5K · 💤) - A Python library that generates static type annotations by.. BSD-3
unimport (🥉24 · ⭐ 250) - The ultimate linter and formatter for removing unused import statements.. MIT
add-trailing-comma (🥉21 · ⭐ 370) - A tool (and pre-commit hook) to automatically add trailing.. MIT
massedit (🥉17 · ⭐ 120 · 💤) - Programmatically edit text files with Python. Useful for source to.. MIT
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- jedi (🥇38 · ⭐ 6.1K) - Awesome autocompletion, static analysis and refactoring library for..
❗Unlicensed - redbaron (🥈27 · ⭐ 720 · 💀) - Bottom-up approach to refactoring in python.
❗️LGPL-3.0 - baron (🥉25 · ⭐ 300 · 💀) - IDE allow you to refactor code, Baron allows you to write..
❗️LGPL-3.0 - Bowler (🥉24 · ⭐ 1.6K · 💀) - Safe code refactoring for modern Python.
MIT - pyannotate (🥉23 · ⭐ 1.4K · 💀) - Auto-generate PEP-484 annotations.
Apache-2 - eradicate (🥉23 · ⭐ 220) - Removes commented-out code from Python files.
❗️Saxpath - unify (🥉20 · ⭐ 97 · 💀) - Modifies strings to all use the same quote where possible.
MIT - pep8ify (🥉15 · ⭐ 120 · 💀) - A library that modifies python source code to conform to pep8.
Apache-2 - retype (🥉14 · ⭐ 150 · 💀) - Re-apply type annotations from .pyi stubs to your codebase.
MIT
bandit (🥇38 · ⭐ 7.9K) - Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python.. Apache-2
safety (🥈36 · ⭐ 2K) - Safety checks Python dependencies for known security vulnerabilities and.. MIT
dlint (🥉19 · ⭐ 170) - Dlint is a tool for encouraging best coding practices and helping ensure.. BSD-3
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- sqlmap (🥈35 · ⭐ 37K) - Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool.
❗Unlicensed - pyarmor (🥉34 · ⭐ 5K) - A tool used to obfuscate python scripts, bind obfuscated scripts to..
❗️SGI-B-2.0 - detect-secrets (🥉30 · ⭐ 4.5K · 💀) - An enterprise friendly way of detecting and preventing..
Apache-2 - dodgy (🥉21 · ⭐ 130 · 💀) - Looks at Python code to search for things which look dodgy such as..
MIT - pyt (🥉20 · ⭐ 2.2K · 💀) - A Static Analysis Tool for Detecting Security Vulnerabilities in..
❗️GPL-2.0
virtualenv (🥈45 · ⭐ 5K) - Virtual Python Environment builder. MIT
pyenv-virtualenv (🥉23 · ⭐ 6.7K) - a pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv (a.k.a. python-virtualenv). MIT
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GitHub (👨💻 68 · 🔀 430 · 📦 21 · 📋 370 - 26% open · ⏱️ 25.03.2026):
git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv
pyenv-installer (🥉16 · ⭐ 4.1K · 💤) - This tool is used to install `pyenv` and friends. MIT
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GitHub (👨💻 43 · 🔀 460 · 📋 90 - 11% open · ⏱️ 05.09.2025):
git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-installer
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- nodeenv (🥈34 · ⭐ 1.8K) - Virtual environment for Node.js & integrator with virtualenv.
❗Unlicensed - vex (🥉18 · ⭐ 370 · 💀) - Run a command in the named virtualenv.
MIT - dh-virtualenv (🥉16 · ⭐ 1.6K · 💀) - Python virtualenvs in Debian packages.
❗️GPL-2.0 - pipenv-pipes (🥉14 · ⭐ 130 · 💀) - A PipEnv Environment Switcher.
MIT - freshenv (🥉13 · ⭐ 170 · 💀) - Provision, share, manage local and cloud developer environments.
MPL-2.0
pipreqs (🥉31 · ⭐ 7.4K · 📈) - pipreqs - Generate pip requirements.txt file based on imports of.. Apache-2
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prospector (🥇34 · ⭐ 2.1K) - Inspects Python source files and provides information about.. ❗️GPL-2.0
wily (🥉26 · ⭐ 1.3K) - A Python application for tracking, reporting on timing and complexity in.. Apache-2
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rich (🥇47 · ⭐ 56K) - Rich is a Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal. MIT
tqdm (🥇44 · ⭐ 31K) - A Fast, Extensible Progress Bar for Python and CLI. MPL-2.0
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GitHub (👨💻 130 · 🔀 1.4K · 📥 20K · 📦 1.2M · 📋 1.2K - 49% open · ⏱️ 03.02.2026):
git clone https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm -
PyPi (📥 390M / month · 📦 50K · ⏱️ 03.02.2026):
pip install tqdm -
Conda (📥 48M · ⏱️ 03.02.2026):
conda install -c conda-forge tqdm -
Docker Hub (📥 6.1K · ⭐ 3 · ⏱️ 28.03.2026):
docker pull tqdm/tqdm
sentry-sdk (🥈35 · ⭐ 2.2K) - The official Python SDK for Sentry.io. MIT
alive-progress (🥈30 · ⭐ 6.3K) - A new kind of Progress Bar, with real-time throughput, ETA, and.. MIT
tabulate (🥉29 · ⭐ 2.5K · 📉) - Pretty-print tabular data in Python, a library and a command-line.. MIT
better-exceptions (🥉26 · ⭐ 4.7K) - Pretty and useful exceptions in Python, automatically. MIT
stackprinter (🥉24 · ⭐ 1.3K) - Debugging-friendly exceptions for Python. MIT
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- prettytable (🥈35 · ⭐ 1.6K) - Display tabular data in a visually appealing ASCII table..
❗Unlicensed - logbook (🥈34 · ⭐ 1.5K) - A cool logging replacement for Python.
❗Unlicensed - python-coloredlogs (🥈30 · ⭐ 560 · 💀) - Colored terminal output for Pythons logging module.
MIT - python-json-logger (🥉26 · ⭐ 1.8K · 💀) - Json Formatter for the standard python logger.
BSD-2 - rebound (🥉25 · ⭐ 4.1K · 💀) - Instant Stack Overflow results whenever an exception is thrown.
❗️GPL-2.0 - progressbar2 (🥉24 · ⭐ 880 · 💀) - Progressbar 2 - A progress bar for Python 2 and Python 3 -..
BSD-3 - PrettyErrors (🥉23 · ⭐ 2.9K · 💀) - Prettify Python exception output to make it legible.
MIT - python-devtools (🥉22 · ⭐ 1.1K · 💀) - Dev tools for python.
MIT - tbvaccine (🥉17 · ⭐ 380 · 💀) - A small utility to pretty-print Python tracebacks.
MIT
xxh (🥉19 · ⭐ 6K · 💤) - Bring your favorite shell wherever you go through the ssh. Xonsh shell,.. BSD-2
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- xonsh (🥇38 · ⭐ 9.3K) - Python-powered shell. Full-featured, cross-platform and AI-..
❗️BSD-1-Clause
🔗 best-of-mkdocs ( ⭐ 1.7K) - Collection of MkDocs projects and plugins.
mkdocs-material (🥇42 · ⭐ 26K) - Documentation that simply works. MIT
mkdocstrings (🥈34 · ⭐ 2.1K) - Automatic documentation from sources, for MkDocs. ISC
Griffe (🥈34 · ⭐ 630) - Signatures for entire Python programs. Extract the structure, the frame,.. ISC
sphinx-autodoc-typehints (🥈34 · ⭐ 590) - Type hints support for the Sphinx autodoc extension. MIT
sphinx_rtd_theme (🥈30 · ⭐ 5K · 📉) - Sphinx theme from Read the Docs. MIT
sphinx-autobuild (🥈29 · ⭐ 600) - Watch a Sphinx directory and rebuild the documentation.. MIT
pdoc3 (🥉28 · ⭐ 1.2K) - Auto-generate API documentation for Python projects. ❗️AGPL-3.0
blacken-docs (🥉25 · ⭐ 680) - Run `black` on python code blocks in documentation files. MIT
mkdocs-awesome-pages-plugin (🥉24 · ⭐ 620) - A plugin for customizing the navigation structure of.. MIT
mkdocs-pdf-export-plugin (🥉22 · ⭐ 340) - An MkDocs plugin to export content pages as PDF files. MIT
mkdocs-print-site-plugin (🥉20 · ⭐ 180) - MkDocs Plugin that adds an additional page that.. MIT
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- sphinx (🥇42 · ⭐ 7.8K) - The Sphinx documentation generator.
❗Unlicensed - alabaster (🥈33 · ⭐ 770 · 💀) - Lightweight, configurable Sphinx theme.
BSD-3 - pdoc (🥈30 · ⭐ 2.5K) - API Documentation for Python Projects.
❗️MIT-0 - numpydoc (🥈29 · ⭐ 350) - Numpys Sphinx extensions.
❗Unlicensed - interrogate (🥉27 · ⭐ 660 · 💀) - Explain yourself! Interrogate a codebase for docstring coverage.
MIT - sphinx-bootstrap-theme (🥉26 · ⭐ 590 · 💀) - Sphinx Bootstrap Theme.
MIT - sphinx-markdown-builder (🥉26 · ⭐ 160 · 💀) - DISCONTINUED: sphinx builder that outputs markdown..
MIT - portray (🥉23 · ⭐ 870 · 💀) - Your Project with Great Documentation.
MIT - pytkdocs (🥉23 · ⭐ 54 · 💀) - Load Python objects documentation.
ISC - pycco (🥉22 · ⭐ 860 · 💀) - Literate-style documentation generator.
MIT - releases (🥉22 · ⭐ 180 · 💀) - A powerful Sphinx changelog-generating extension.
BSD-2 - mkdocs-git-revision-date-plugin (🥉21 · ⭐ 61 · 💀) - MkDocs plugin for setting revision date from git per..
MIT - mkdocs-with-pdf (🥉20 · ⭐ 390 · 💀) - Generate a single PDF file from MkDocs repository.
MIT - mkdocs-versioning (🥉13 · ⭐ 40 · 💀) - A tool that allows for versioning sites built with..
MIT
gdbgui (🥉27 · ⭐ 10K · 💤) - Browser-based frontend to gdb (gnu debugger). Add breakpoints,.. ❗️GPL-3.0
python-hunter (🥉21 · ⭐ 860 · 💤) - Hunter is a flexible code tracing toolkit. BSD-2
Birdseye (🥉17 · ⭐ 1.7K · 💤) - Graphical Python debugger which lets you easily view the values of.. MIT
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- pudb (🥇33 · ⭐ 3.2K) - Full-screen console debugger for Python.
❗Unlicensed - pyelftools (🥈29 · ⭐ 2.2K) - Parsing ELF and DWARF in Python.
❗Unlicensed - pdbpp (🥉23 · ⭐ 1.5K · 💀) - pdb++, a drop-in replacement for pdb (the Python debugger).
BSD-3 - python-manhole (🥉19 · ⭐ 400 · 💀) - Debugging manhole for python applications.
BSD-2 - reloadium (🥉16 · ⭐ 3K · 💀) - Hot Reloading and Profiling for Python.
Apache-2
🔗 best-of-web-python - Testing ( ⭐ 2.7K) - Testing libraries & tools for python web frameworks.
🔗 unittest - Unittest is a test framework included in the Python standard library.
robotframework (🥇43 · ⭐ 12K) - Generic automation framework for acceptance testing and RPA. Apache-2
pytest-asyncio (🥇40 · ⭐ 1.6K) - Asyncio support for pytest. Apache-2
playwright-python (🥇39 · ⭐ 14K) - Python version of the Playwright testing and automation.. Apache-2
pytest-cov (🥈38 · ⭐ 2K) - Coverage plugin for pytest. MIT
pytest-xdist (🥈38 · ⭐ 1.8K) - pytest plugin for distributed testing and loop-on-failures.. MIT
pytest-mock (🥈35 · ⭐ 2K) - Thin-wrapper around the mock package for easier use with pytest. MIT
pytest-html (🥈35 · ⭐ 770) - Plugin for generating HTML reports for pytest results. MPL-2.0
coveralls-python (🥈34 · ⭐ 570) - Show coverage stats online via coveralls.io. MIT
mimesis (🥈33 · ⭐ 4.8K) - Mimesis is a fast Python library for generating fake data in multiple.. MIT
pytest-bdd (🥈32 · ⭐ 1.4K) - BDD library for the pytest runner. MIT
pytest-benchmark (🥈32 · ⭐ 1.4K) - pytest fixture for benchmarking code. BSD-2
pytest-testinfra (🥉30 · ⭐ 2.5K · 💤) - Testinfra test your infrastructures. Apache-2
pytest-sugar (🥉30 · ⭐ 1.5K) - a plugin for py.test that changes the default look and feel.. BSD-3
asv (🥉28 · ⭐ 1K) - Airspeed Velocity: A simple Python benchmarking tool with web-based reporting. BSD-3
pytest-randomly (🥉28 · ⭐ 700) - Pytest plugin to randomly order tests and control random.seed. MIT
pytest-testmon (🥉27 · ⭐ 960) - Selects tests affected by changed files. Executes the right.. MIT
factory_boy (🥉26 · ⭐ 3.8K) - A test fixtures replacement for Python. MIT
pytest-docker (🥉26 · ⭐ 490) - Docker-based integration tests. MIT
pytest-mypy (🥉26 · ⭐ 260 · 💤) - Mypy static type checker plugin for Pytest. MIT
pytest-datadir (🥉24 · ⭐ 270) - pytest plugin for manipulating test data directories and.. MIT
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- pyautogui (🥈34 · ⭐ 12K · 💀) - A cross-platform GUI automation Python module for human beings...
BSD-3 - hypothesis (🥈33 · ⭐ 8.6K · 📉) - The property-based testing library for Python.
❗Unlicensed - nose (🥈33 · ⭐ 1.4K · 💀) - nose is nicer testing for python.
❗️LGPL-2.1+ - nose2 (🥉30 · ⭐ 820) - The successor to nose, based on unittest2.
❗Unlicensed - green (🥉28 · ⭐ 810 · 💀) - Green is a clean, colorful, fast python test runner.
MIT - PyHamcrest (🥉28 · ⭐ 800) - Hamcrest matchers for Python.
❗Unlicensed - ddt (🥉27 · ⭐ 440 · 💀) - Data-Driven Tests for Python Unittest.
MIT - uiautomator (🥉26 · ⭐ 2.1K · 💀) - Python wrapper of Android uiautomator test tool.
MIT - pytest-watch (🥉26 · ⭐ 760 · 💀) - Local continuous test runner with pytest and watchdog.
MIT - Mamba Test Runner (🥉25 · ⭐ 540 · 💀) - The definitive testing tool for Python. Born under the..
MIT - pytest-lazy-fixture (🥉24 · ⭐ 390 · 💀) - It helps to use fixtures in pytest.mark.parametrize.
MIT - pytest-plugins (🥉22 · ⭐ 600 · 💀) - A grab-bag of nifty pytest plugins.
MIT - sixpack (🥉21 · ⭐ 1.8K · 💀) - Sixpack is a language-agnostic a/b-testing framework.
BSD-2 - assertpy (🥉21 · ⭐ 520 · 💀) - Simple assertion library for unit testing in python with a fluent..
BSD-3 - fake2db (🥉18 · ⭐ 2.4K · 💀) - create custom test databases that are populated with fake data.
❗️GPL-2.0 - pytest-play (🥉17 · ⭐ 71 · 💀) - pytest plugin that let you automate actions and..
Apache-2
🔗 Python.org Packaging - An Overview of Packaging for Python.
pyinstaller (🥇44 · ⭐ 13K) - Freeze (package) Python programs into stand-alone executables. ❗️GPL-2.0
Nuitka (🥇40 · ⭐ 15K) - Nuitka is a Python compiler written in Python. Its fully compatible.. ❗️AGPL-3.0
pex (🥈32 · ⭐ 4.2K) - A tool for generating .pex (Python EXecutable) files, lock files and venvs. Apache-2
cx_Freeze (🥈27 · ⭐ 1.5K) - Creates standalone executables from Python scripts with the.. ❗Unlicensed
shiv (🥉21 · ⭐ 1.9K) - shiv is a command line utility for building fully self contained Python.. BSD-2
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- packaging (🥈29 · ⭐ 720 · 📉) - Core utilities for Python packages.
❗Unlicensed - PyOxidizer (🥈27 · ⭐ 6.1K · 💀) - A modern Python application packaging and distribution tool.
MPL-2.0 - py2app (🥉26 · ⭐ 420) - py2app is a Python setuptools command which will allow you to make..
❗Unlicensed - py2exe (🥉24 · ⭐ 990 · 💤) - Create standalone Windows programs from Python code.
❗Unlicensed - constructor (🥉24 · ⭐ 500) - tool for creating installers from conda packages.
❗Unlicensed - xar (🥉21 · ⭐ 1.6K · 💀) - executable archive format.
BSD-3 - pynsist (🥉20 · ⭐ 990 · 💀) - Build Windows installers for Python applications.
❗Unlicensed - subpar (🥉13 · ⭐ 570 · 💀) - Subpar is a utility for creating self-contained python..
Apache-2 - pyship (🥉13 · ⭐ 44) - pyship - ship Python desktop apps to end users.
MIT
setuptools (🥇47 · ⭐ 2.8K) - Official project repository for the Setuptools build system. MIT
buildbot (🥈36 · ⭐ 5.4K) - Python-based continuous integration testing framework; your pull.. ❗️GPL-2.0
universal-build (🥉13 · ⭐ 27 · 💀) - Universal build utilities for containerized build pipelines. MIT
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- setuptools_scm (🥈36 · ⭐ 940) - the blessed package to manage your versions by scm tags.
❗Unlicensed - buildout (🥉23 · ⭐ 610) - Buildout is a deployment automation tool written in and extended..
❗Unlicensed - pynt (🥉17 · ⭐ 160 · 💀) - A pynt of Python build.
MIT - paver (🥉16 · ⭐ 460 · 💀) - Python-based project scripting.
❗Unlicensed
pyinstrument (🥈35 · ⭐ 7.7K) - Call stack profiler for Python. Shows you why your code is slow!. BSD-3
py-spy (🥈34 · ⭐ 15K · 💤) - Sampling profiler for Python programs. MIT
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GitHub (👨💻 53 · 🔀 500 · 📥 52K · 📦 8.1K · 📋 450 - 49% open · ⏱️ 18.08.2025):
git clone https://github.com/benfred/py-spy -
PyPi (📥 18M / month · 📦 110 · ⏱️ 31.07.2025):
pip install py-spy -
Conda (📥 790K · ⏱️ 01.08.2025):
conda install -c conda-forge py-spy -
Cargo (📥 45K / month · 📦 4 · ⏱️ 31.07.2025):
cargo install py-spy
line_profiler (🥉29 · ⭐ 3.2K) - Line-by-line profiling for Python. BSD-3
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- Glances (🥇38 · ⭐ 32K) - Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for..
❗Unlicensed - memory-profiler (🥉29 · ⭐ 4.6K · 💀) - Monitor Memory usage of Python code.
BSD-3 - Diamond (🥉28 · ⭐ 1.8K · 💀) - Diamond is a python daemon that collects system metrics and publishes..
MIT - vprof (🥉23 · ⭐ 4K · 💀) - Visual profiler for Python.
BSD-2 - Profiling (🥉21 · ⭐ 3K · 💀) - Was an interactive continuous Python profiler.
BSD-3 - heartrate (🥉19 · ⭐ 1.8K · 💀) - Simple real time visualisation of the execution of a Python program.
MIT - memory_profiler (🥉16 · ⭐ 89 · 💀) - Monitor Memory usage of Python code.
❗Unlicensed - pyheat (🥉13 · ⭐ 840 · 💀) - pprofile + matplotlib = Python program profiled as an awesome heatmap!.
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