Best-of Python Developer Tools

🏆 A ranked list of awesome python developer tools and libraries. Updated weekly.

This curated list contains 270 awesome open-source projects with a total of 1.1M stars grouped into 17 categories. All projects are ranked by a project-quality score, which is calculated based on various metrics automatically collected from GitHub and different package managers. If you like to add or update projects, feel free to open an issue, submit a pull request, or directly edit the projects.yaml. Contributions are very welcome!

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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

Explanation

🥇🥈🥉 Combined project-quality score
⭐️ Star count from GitHub
🐣 New project (less than 6 months old)
💤 Inactive project (6 months no activity)
💀 Dead project (12 months no activity)
📈📉 Project is trending up or down
➕ Project was recently added
❗️ Warning (e.g. missing/risky license)
👨‍💻 Contributors count from GitHub
🔀 Fork count from GitHub
📋 Issue count from GitHub
⏱️ Last update timestamp on package manager
📥 Download count from package manager
📦 Number of dependent projects
Flake8 related project
Pytest related project
Pylint related project
Sphinx related project
MkDocs related project

Linters & Style Checkers

ruff (🥇48 · ⭐ 46K · 📈) - An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 830 · 🔀 1.9K · 📥 4.3M · 📦 170K · 📋 7.8K - 21% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff
```
PyPi (📥 180M / month):
```
 pip install ruff
```
Conda (📥 6.1M · ⏱️ 06.03.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge ruff
```

pylint (🥇44 · ⭐ 5.7K) - Its not just a linter that annoys you!. ❗️GPL-2.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 630 · 🔀 1.2K · 📥 600 · 📦 490K · 📋 5.9K - 17% open · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint
```
PyPi (📥 57M / month):
```
 pip install pylint
```
Conda (📥 7.6M · ⏱️ 20.02.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge pylint
```

flake8 (🥇38 · ⭐ 3.8K) - Flake8 is a wrapper around these tools: PyFlakes; pycodestyle; Ned.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 180 · 🔀 340 · 📦 680K · 📋 1.6K - 1% open · ⏱️ 22.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
```
PyPi (📥 52M / month · 📦 27K · ⏱️ 20.06.2025):
```
 pip install flake8
```
Conda (📥 10M · ⏱️ 26.06.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge flake8
```

wemake-python-styleguide (🥇37 · ⭐ 2.8K) - The strictest and most opinionated python linter ever!. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 220 · 🔀 420 · 📦 18K · 📋 1.2K - 1% open · ⏱️ 16.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/wemake-services/wemake-python-styleguide
```
PyPi (📥 220K / month · 📦 110 · ⏱️ 28.02.2026):
```
 pip install wemake-python-styleguide
```

beartype (🥈36 · ⭐ 3.4K) - Unbearably fast near-real-time pure-Python runtime-static type-checker. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 30 · 🔀 72 · 📦 10K · 📋 480 - 22% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/beartype/beartype
```
PyPi (📥 62M / month · 📦 900 · ⏱️ 13.12.2025):
```
 pip install beartype
```
Conda (📥 590K · ⏱️ 14.12.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge beartype
```

parso (🥈36 · ⭐ 670) - A Python Parser. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 51 · 🔀 120 · 📦 600K · 📋 120 - 10% open · ⏱️ 09.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/davidhalter/parso
```
PyPi (📥 110M / month · 📦 1.1K · ⏱️ 09.02.2026):
```
 pip install parso
```
Conda (📥 35M · ⏱️ 09.02.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge parso
```

pyflakes (🥈35 · ⭐ 1.4K · 💤) - A simple program which checks Python source files for errors. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 88 · 🔀 180 · 📦 330K · 📋 550 - 11% open · ⏱️ 20.06.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/pyflakes
```
PyPi (📥 58M / month · 📦 1.3K · ⏱️ 20.06.2025):
```
 pip install pyflakes
```
Conda (📥 10M · ⏱️ 21.06.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge pyflakes
```

flake8-bugbear (🥈33 · ⭐ 1.1K) - A plugin for Flake8 finding likely bugs and design problems.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 90 · 🔀 120 · 📦 42K · 📋 250 - 25% open · ⏱️ 16.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-bugbear
```
PyPi (📥 5.1M / month · 📦 1.5K · ⏱️ 29.11.2025):
```
 pip install flake8-bugbear
```

Conda (📥 900K · ⏱️ 02.12.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge flake8-bugbear

pycodestyle (🥈32 · ⭐ 5.2K) - Simple Python style checker in one Python file. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 140 · 🔀 750 · 📋 780 - 13% open · ⏱️ 22.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle
```
PyPi (📥 73M / month · 📦 2.2K · ⏱️ 20.06.2025):
```
 pip install pycodestyle
```

Conda (📥 10M · ⏱️ 22.06.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pycodestyle

mypy-protobuf (🥈30 · ⭐ 700) - open source tools to generate mypy stubs from protobufs. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 40 · 🔀 80 · 📦 4.4K · 📋 150 - 14% open · ⏱️ 13.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/dropbox/mypy-protobuf
```
PyPi (📥 10M / month · 📦 270 · ⏱️ 13.01.2026):
```
 pip install mypy-protobuf
```

Conda (📥 180K · ⏱️ 05.02.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge mypy-protobuf

pylint-django (🥈30 · ⭐ 620) - Pylint plugin for improving code analysis for when.. ❗️GPL-3.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 72 · 🔀 120 · 📥 430 · 📦 32K · 📋 240 - 27% open · ⏱️ 01.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint-django
```
PyPi (📥 2M / month · 📦 160 · ⏱️ 01.01.2026):
```
 pip install pylint-django
```

Conda (📥 420K · ⏱️ 02.01.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge pylint-django

hacking (🥈29 · ⭐ 240) - OpenStack Hacking Style Checks. Mirror of code maintained at.. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 190 · 🔀 67 · 📦 7.9K · ⏱️ 12.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/openstack/hacking
```
PyPi (📥 170K / month · 📦 110 · ⏱️ 06.11.2025):
```
 pip install hacking
```

flake8-isort (🥈29 · ⭐ 190) - flake8 plugin that integrates isort. ❗️GPL-2.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 40 · 🔀 200 · 📦 29K · 📋 60 - 3% open · ⏱️ 25.10.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/gforcada/flake8-isort
```
PyPi (📥 1.5M / month · 📦 630 · ⏱️ 25.10.2025):
```
 pip install flake8-isort
```

Conda (📥 99K · ⏱️ 25.10.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge flake8-isort

flake8-comprehensions (🥈28 · ⭐ 470) - A flake8 plugin to help you write better.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 16 · 🔀 23 · 📦 30K · 📋 62 - 9% open · ⏱️ 08.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/adamchainz/flake8-comprehensions
```
PyPi (📥 1.8M / month · 📦 780 · ⏱️ 09.09.2025):
```
 pip install flake8-comprehensions
```

Conda (📥 1M · ⏱️ 10.09.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge flake8-comprehensions

nitpick (🥉26 · ⭐ 410) - Enforce the same settings on multiple projects. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 18 · 🔀 24 · 📥 12 · 📦 1.4K · 📋 130 - 36% open · ⏱️ 13.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/andreoliwa/nitpick
```
PyPi (📥 14K / month · 📦 26 · ⏱️ 30.11.2025):
```
 pip install nitpick
```

check-manifest (🥉26 · ⭐ 290) - Tool to check the completeness of MANIFEST.in for Python packages. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 23 · 🔀 39 · 📦 12K · 📋 100 - 23% open · ⏱️ 05.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/mgedmin/check-manifest
```
PyPi (📥 1M / month · 📦 5K · ⏱️ 15.10.2025):
```
 pip install check-manifest
```

Conda (📥 190K · ⏱️ 15.10.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge check-manifest

flake8-commas (🥉26 · ⭐ 130) - Flake8 extension for enforcing trailing commas in python. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 15 · 🔀 30 · 📦 19K · 📋 31 - 9% open · ⏱️ 05.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-commas
```
PyPi (📥 300K / month · 📦 220 · ⏱️ 16.05.2024):
```
 pip install flake8-commas
```

flake8-builtins (🥉26 · ⭐ 120) - Check for python builtins being used as variables or.. ❗️GPL-2.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 21 · 🔀 25 · 📦 12K · 📋 52 - 5% open · ⏱️ 25.10.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/gforcada/flake8-builtins
```
PyPi (📥 1M / month · 📦 590 · ⏱️ 25.10.2025):
```
 pip install flake8-builtins
```

Conda (📥 490K · ⏱️ 27.10.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge flake8-builtins

flake8-import-order (🥉25 · ⭐ 280) - Flake8 plugin that checks import order against.. ❗️LGPL-3.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 50 · 🔀 73 · 📥 11 · 📋 110 - 13% open · ⏱️ 09.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-import-order
```
PyPi (📥 1.6M / month · 📦 650 · ⏱️ 24.06.2025):
```
 pip install flake8-import-order
```

Conda (📥 430K · ⏱️ 26.06.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge flake8-import-order

flake8-black (🥉25 · ⭐ 160) - flake8 plugin to run black for checking Python coding style. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 11 · 🔀 11 · 📦 8.7K · 📋 31 - 12% open · ⏱️ 02.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/peterjc/flake8-black
```
PyPi (📥 650K / month · 📦 540 · ⏱️ 21.09.2025):
```
 pip install flake8-black
```

Conda (📥 490K · ⏱️ 22.09.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge flake8-black

flake8-simplify (🥉24 · ⭐ 200) - A flake8 plugin that helps you to simplify code. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 16 · 🔀 23 · 📋 130 - 42% open · ⏱️ 01.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/MartinThoma/flake8-simplify
```
PyPi (📥 400K / month · 📦 140 · ⏱️ 01.01.2026):
```
 pip install flake8-simplify
```

Conda (📥 69K · ⏱️ 06.01.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge flake8-simplify

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pydocstyle (🥈32 · ⭐ 1.1K · 💀) - docstring style checker. MIT
pep8-naming (🥈28 · ⭐ 530 · 💤) - Naming Convention checker for Python. ❗️Saxpath
darglint (🥈28 · ⭐ 480 · 💀) - A python documentation linter which checks that the docstring.. MIT
coala (🥉27 · ⭐ 3.6K · 💀) - coala provides a unified command-line interface for linting and.. ❗️AGPL-3.0
flake8-quotes (🥉27 · ⭐ 180 · 💀) - Flake8 extension for checking quotes in python. MIT
pylama (🥉26 · ⭐ 1.1K · 💀) - Code audit tool for python. MIT
Fixit (🥉25 · ⭐ 700) - Advanced Python linting framework with auto-fixes and hierarchical.. ❗Unlicensed
flake8-eradicate (🥉25 · ⭐ 320 · 💀) - Flake8 plugin to find commented out or dead code. MIT
data-science-types (🥉25 · ⭐ 200 · 💀) - Mypy stubs, i.e., type information, for numpy, pandas.. Apache-2
pandas-vet (🥉22 · ⭐ 170 · 💀) - A plugin for Flake8 that checks pandas code. MIT
flake8-bandit (🥉21 · ⭐ 120 · 💀) - Automated security testing using bandit and flake8. MIT
flakehell (🥉19 · ⭐ 230 · 💀) - Flake8 wrapper to make it nice, legacy-friendly, configurable. MIT
flake8-mypy (🥉19 · ⭐ 100 · 💀) - A plugin for flake8 integrating Mypy. MIT
pylint-flask (🥉18 · ⭐ 64 · 💀) - A Pylint plugin to analyze Flask applications. ❗️GPL-2.0
pycycle (🥉17 · ⭐ 360 · 💀) - Tool for pinpointing circular imports in Python. Find cyclic imports.. MIT
bellybutton (🥉17 · ⭐ 280 · 💀) - Custom Python linting through AST expressions. MIT
imhotep (🥉17 · ⭐ 220 · 💀) - A static-analysis bot for Github. MIT
yala (🥉15 · ⭐ 15 · 💀) - Yet Another Linter Aggregator. MIT
linty_fresh (🥉11 · ⭐ 180 · 💀) - Surface lint errors during code review. Apache-2 mypy

Type checkers

pyright (🥈38 · ⭐ 15K) - Static Type Checker for Python. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 140 · 🔀 1.8K · 📥 6.4K · 📦 1.5K · 📋 7.4K - 2% open · ⏱️ 18.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/pyright
```
npm (📥 2.9M / month):
```
 npm install pyright
```

pyre-check (🥉32 · ⭐ 7.2K) - Performant type-checking for python. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 300 · 🔀 440 · 📦 21 · 📋 440 - 29% open · ⏱️ 18.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/facebook/pyre-check
```
PyPi (📥 200K / month):
```
 pip install pyre-check
```

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mypy (🥇45 · ⭐ 20K) - Optional static typing for Python. ❗Unlicensed
typeguard (🥉33 · ⭐ 1.7K) - Run-time type checker for Python. ❗Unlicensed
pytype (🥉29 · ⭐ 5K) - A static type analyzer for Python code. ❗Unlicensed

Code Formatters

black (🥇46 · ⭐ 41K) - The uncompromising Python code formatter. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 510 · 🔀 2.7K · 📥 140K · 📦 670K · 📋 2.8K - 10% open · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/psf/black
```
PyPi (📥 110M / month):
```
 pip install black
```
Conda (📥 18M · ⏱️ 12.03.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge black
```

isort (🥈43 · ⭐ 6.9K) - A Python utility / library to sort imports. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 330 · 🔀 610 · 📦 580K · 📋 1.3K - 8% open · ⏱️ 18.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
```
PyPi (📥 100M / month):
```
 pip install isort
```
Conda (📥 8.9M · ⏱️ 28.02.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge isort
```

autopep8 (🥉35 · ⭐ 4.7K) - A tool that automatically formats Python code to conform to the PEP 8.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 64 · 🔀 280 · 📦 230K · 📋 520 - 23% open · ⏱️ 24.11.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8
```
PyPi (📥 8.8M / month):
```
 pip install autopep8
```
Conda (📥 2.6M · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge autopep8
```

docformatter (🥉28 · ⭐ 580) - Formats docstrings to follow PEP 257. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 40 · 🔀 84 · 📥 61 · 📦 4.5K · 📋 180 - 14% open · ⏱️ 11.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/myint/docformatter
```
PyPi (📥 1.1M / month):
```
 pip install docformatter
```

Conda (📥 330K · ⏱️ 11.05.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge docformatter

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yapf (🥈38 · ⭐ 14K · 💀) - A formatter for Python files. Apache-2
autoimport (🥉18 · ⭐ 100 · 💀) - Autoimport automatically fixes wrong import statements. ❗️GPL-3.0
pyformat (🥉16 · ⭐ 93 · 💀) - Formats Python code to follow a consistent style. ❗Unlicensed

Code Refactoring

vulture (🥇33 · ⭐ 4.4K) - Find dead Python code. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 48 · 🔀 180 · 📦 6.6K · 📋 250 - 22% open · ⏱️ 04.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/jendrikseipp/vulture
```
PyPi (📥 6.7M / month · 📦 600 · ⏱️ 04.03.2026):
```
 pip install vulture
```
Conda (📥 180K · ⏱️ 05.03.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge vulture
```

rope (🥇33 · ⭐ 2.2K) - a python refactoring library. ❗️LGPL-3.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 84 · 🔀 180 · 📥 45 · 📦 79K · 📋 380 - 31% open · ⏱️ 04.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/python-rope/rope
```
PyPi (📥 1.2M / month · 📦 320 · ⏱️ 12.07.2025):
```
 pip install rope
```
Conda (📥 2.4M · ⏱️ 13.07.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge rope
```

pyupgrade (🥈30 · ⭐ 4.1K) - A tool (and pre-commit hook) to automatically upgrade syntax for newer.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 36 · 🔀 200 · 📋 470 - 4% open · ⏱️ 22.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
```
PyPi (📥 1.4M / month · 📦 630 · ⏱️ 19.11.2025):
```
 pip install pyupgrade
```

Conda (📥 930K · ⏱️ 19.11.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pyupgrade

autoflake (🥈30 · ⭐ 950) - Removes unused imports and unused variables as reported by pyflakes. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 40 · 🔀 84 · 📋 120 - 31% open · ⏱️ 12.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/myint/autoflake
```
PyPi (📥 7.3M / month · 📦 1.4K · ⏱️ 20.02.2026):
```
 pip install autoflake
```

Conda (📥 650K · ⏱️ 20.02.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge autoflake

MonkeyType (🥈26 · ⭐ 5K · 💤) - A Python library that generates static type annotations by.. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 51 · 🔀 200 · 📋 200 - 30% open · ⏱️ 14.06.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/Instagram/MonkeyType
```
PyPi (📥 290K / month · 📦 23 · ⏱️ 20.03.2023):
```
 pip install monkeytype
```

Conda (📥 120K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge monkeytype

unimport (🥉22 · ⭐ 250) - The ultimate linter and formatter for removing unused import statements.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 16 · 🔀 19 · 📦 170 · 📋 120 - 0% open · ⏱️ 18.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/hakancelik96/unimport
```
PyPi (📥 58K / month):
```
 pip install unimport
```

com2ann (🥉17 · ⭐ 160 · 💤) - Tool for translation type comments to type annotations in Python. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 8 · 🔀 13 · 📦 100 · 📋 33 - 30% open · ⏱️ 02.06.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/ilevkivskyi/com2ann
```
PyPi (📥 19K / month):
```
 pip install com2ann
```

massedit (🥉17 · ⭐ 120) - Programmatically edit text files with Python. Useful for source to source.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 9 · 🔀 14 · 📥 33 · 📦 54 · 📋 8 - 12% open · ⏱️ 21.09.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/elmotec/massedit
```
PyPi (📥 2.4K / month):
```
 pip install massedit
```

add-trailing-comma (🥉16 · ⭐ 370) - A tool (and pre-commit hook) to automatically add trailing.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 11 · 🔀 28 · ⏱️ 22.12.2025):

 git clone https://github.com/asottile/add-trailing-comma

PyPi (📥 120K / month):
```
 pip install add-trailing-comma
```

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jedi (🥇38 · ⭐ 6.1K) - Awesome autocompletion, static analysis and refactoring library for.. ❗Unlicensed
redbaron (🥈26 · ⭐ 720 · 💀) - Bottom-up approach to refactoring in python. ❗️LGPL-3.0
Bowler (🥉24 · ⭐ 1.6K · 💀) - Safe code refactoring for modern Python. MIT
baron (🥉24 · ⭐ 300 · 💀) - IDE allow you to refactor code, Baron allows you to write.. ❗️LGPL-3.0
eradicate (🥉23 · ⭐ 220) - Removes commented-out code from Python files. ❗Unlicensed
pyannotate (🥉21 · ⭐ 1.4K · 💀) - Auto-generate PEP-484 annotations. Apache-2
unify (🥉20 · ⭐ 97 · 💀) - Modifies strings to all use the same quote where possible. MIT
retype (🥉13 · ⭐ 150 · 💀) - Re-apply type annotations from .pyi stubs to your codebase. MIT
pep8ify (🥉13 · ⭐ 120 · 💀) - A library that modifies python source code to conform to pep8. Apache-2

Code Security

bandit (🥇38 · ⭐ 7.9K) - Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python.. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 200 · 🔀 740 · 📥 920 · 📦 63K · 📋 740 - 29% open · ⏱️ 09.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
```
PyPi (📥 18M / month · 📦 3.4K · ⏱️ 25.02.2026):
```
 pip install bandit
```
Conda (📥 600K · ⏱️ 25.02.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge bandit
```

safety (🥈36 · ⭐ 2K) - Safety checks Python dependencies for known security vulnerabilities and.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 55 · 🔀 170 · 📥 1M · 📦 19K · 📋 270 - 15% open · ⏱️ 16.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pyupio/safety
```
PyPi (📥 4.6M / month · 📦 1.3K · ⏱️ 12.03.2026):
```
 pip install safety
```
Conda (📥 160K · ⏱️ 07.11.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge safety
```

dlint (🥉20 · ⭐ 170) - Dlint is a tool for encouraging best coding practices and helping ensure.. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 16 · 🔀 16 · 📋 48 - 50% open · ⏱️ 07.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/dlint-py/dlint
```
PyPi (📥 110K / month · 📦 93 · ⏱️ 31.10.2024):
```
 pip install dlint
```
Conda (📥 13K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge dlint
```

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sqlmap (🥈34 · ⭐ 37K) - Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool. ❗Unlicensed
pyarmor (🥉33 · ⭐ 5K) - A tool used to obfuscate python scripts, bind obfuscated scripts.. ❗Unlicensed
detect-secrets (🥉30 · ⭐ 4.4K · 💀) - 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

Virtual Environments

pipenv (🥇45 · ⭐ 25K) - Python Development Workflow for Humans. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 540 · 🔀 1.9K · 📦 170K · 📋 4.3K - 2% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pypa/pipenv
```
PyPi (📥 23M / month · 📦 260 · ⏱️ 18.03.2026):
```
 pip install pipenv
```
Conda (📥 320K · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge pipenv
```

virtualenv (🥇45 · ⭐ 5K) - Virtual Python Environment builder. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 300 · 🔀 1.1K · 📥 44 · 📦 500K · 📋 1.4K - 0% open · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv
```
PyPi (📥 350M / month):
```
 pip install virtualenv
```

Conda (📥 20M · ⏱️ 10.03.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge virtualenv

nodeenv (🥈37 · ⭐ 1.8K) - Virtual environment for Node.js & integrator with virtualenv. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 110 · 🔀 220 · 📦 130K · 📋 230 - 28% open · ⏱️ 27.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/ekalinin/nodeenv
```
PyPi (📥 120M / month · 📦 410 · ⏱️ 20.12.2025):
```
 pip install nodeenv
```
Conda (📥 7.9M · ⏱️ 20.12.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge nodeenv
```

pyenv (🥈35 · ⭐ 44K) - Simple Python version management. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 470 · 🔀 3.2K · 📦 21 · 📋 1.9K - 2% open · ⏱️ 14.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv
```
PyPi (📥 17K / month):
```
 pip install pyenv
```

pyenv-virtualenv (🥉22 · ⭐ 6.7K) - a pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv (a.k.a. python-virtualenv). MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 67 · 🔀 430 · 📦 21 · 📋 360 - 26% open · ⏱️ 18.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv
```

pyenv-installer (🥉16 · ⭐ 4.1K) - This tool is used to install `pyenv` and friends. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 43 · 🔀 460 · 📋 90 - 11% open · ⏱️ 05.09.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-installer
```

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dh-virtualenv (🥉16 · ⭐ 1.6K · 💀) - Python virtualenvs in Debian packages. ❗️GPL-2.0
vex (🥉16 · ⭐ 370 · 💀) - Run a command in the named virtualenv. MIT
freshenv (🥉13 · ⭐ 170 · 💀) - Provision, share, manage local and cloud developer environments. MPL-2.0
pipenv-pipes (🥉12 · ⭐ 130 · 💀) - A PipEnv Environment Switcher. MIT

Dependency & Package Managers

pip (🥇47 · ⭐ 10K) - The Python package installer. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 870 · 🔀 3.2K · 📦 250K · 📋 7.8K - 13% open · ⏱️ 16.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pypa/pip
```
PyPi (📥 590M / month · 📦 5.7K · ⏱️ 05.02.2026):
```
 pip install pip
```
Conda (📥 200M · ⏱️ 05.02.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge pip
```

conda (🥇43 · ⭐ 7.3K) - A system-level, binary package and environment manager running on all.. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 490 · 🔀 2.1K · 📥 43K · 📦 52K · 📋 10K - 5% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/conda/conda
```
PyPi (📥 6.3K / month · 📦 83 · ⏱️ 22.04.2017):
```
 pip install conda
```
Conda (📥 71M · ⏱️ 27.02.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge conda
```

poetry (🥈42 · ⭐ 34K) - Python packaging and dependency management made easy. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 640 · 🔀 2.4K · 📥 16M · 📋 6.4K - 8% open · ⏱️ 15.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry
```
PyPi (📥 75M / month · 📦 900 · ⏱️ 01.02.2026):
```
 pip install poetry
```
Conda (📥 7.7M · ⏱️ 07.03.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge poetry
```

pip-tools (🥈39 · ⭐ 8K) - A set of tools to keep your pinned Python dependencies fresh. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 220 · 🔀 650 · 📦 37K · 📋 1.2K - 17% open · ⏱️ 10.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools
```
PyPi (📥 24M / month · 📦 2.9K · ⏱️ 11.02.2026):
```
 pip install pip-tools
```

Conda (📥 300K · ⏱️ 12.02.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge pip-tools

pipx (🥈38 · ⭐ 13K · 📈) - Install and Run Python Applications in Isolated Environments. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 180 · 🔀 530 · 📥 930K · 📦 4.7K · 📋 910 - 16% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pypa/pipx
```
PyPi (📥 8M / month · 📦 94 · ⏱️ 18.03.2026):
```
 pip install pipx
```
Conda (📥 200K · ⏱️ 26.10.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge pipx
```

PDM (🥉37 · ⭐ 8.5K) - A modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 240 · 🔀 470 · 📥 15K · 📦 580 · 📋 2K - 2% open · ⏱️ 18.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pdm-project/pdm
```
PyPi (📥 8.5M / month · 📦 220 · ⏱️ 22.01.2026):
```
 pip install pdm
```
Conda (📥 1.7M · ⏱️ 23.01.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge pdm
```

pipreqs (🥉32 · ⭐ 7.4K) - pipreqs - Generate pip requirements.txt file based on imports of any.. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 76 · 🔀 410 · 📦 40K · 📋 300 - 62% open · ⏱️ 01.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/bndr/pipreqs
```
PyPi (📥 890K / month):
```
 pip install pipreqs
```
Conda (📥 92K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge pipreqs
```

mamba (🥉30 · ⭐ 8K) - The Fast Cross-Platform Package Manager. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 180 · 🔀 430 · 📋 2.1K - 22% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba
```
Conda (📥 22M · ⏱️ 08.01.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge mamba
```

pyflow (🥉21 · ⭐ 1.3K) - An installation and dependency system for Python. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 29 · 🔀 48 · 📥 8.9K · 📦 42 · 📋 140 - 46% open · ⏱️ 30.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
```
PyPi (📥 250 / month · 📦 1 · ⏱️ 02.07.2021):
```
 pip install pyflow
```

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dephell (🥉25 · ⭐ 1.8K · 💀) - Python project management. Manage packages: convert between formats,.. MIT
pip-run (🥉18 · ⭐ 140 · 💤) - pip-run - dynamic dependency loader for Python. ❗Unlicensed

Code Metrics & Complexity

prospector (🥇34 · ⭐ 2.1K) - Inspects Python source files and provides information about.. ❗️GPL-2.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 98 · 🔀 180 · 📦 5.4K · 📋 400 - 8% open · ⏱️ 16.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/prospector
```
PyPi (📥 500K / month · 📦 290 · ⏱️ 03.02.2026):
```
 pip install prospector
```

Conda (📥 210K · ⏱️ 03.02.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge prospector

mccabe (🥈29 · ⭐ 680 · 💀) - McCabe complexity checker for Python. ❗Unlicensed

GitHub (👨‍💻 24 · 🔀 65 · 📦 520K · 📋 54 - 16% open · ⏱️ 03.12.2023):
```
 git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/mccabe
```
PyPi (📥 82M / month):
```
 pip install mccabe
```
Conda (📥 11M · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge mccabe
```

wily (🥉26 · ⭐ 1.3K) - A Python application for tracking, reporting on timing and complexity in.. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 24 · 🔀 63 · 📦 290 · 📋 120 - 37% open · ⏱️ 19.10.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/tonybaloney/wily
```
PyPi (📥 39K / month · 📦 2 · ⏱️ 11.10.2023):
```
 pip install wily
```

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radon (🥈29 · ⭐ 1.9K · 💀) - Various code metrics for Python code. MIT
xenon (🥉24 · ⭐ 270 · 💀) - Monitoring tool based on radon. MIT
cohesion (🥉16 · ⭐ 260 · 💀) - A tool for measuring Python class cohesion. ❗️GPL-3.0

Logging

rich (🥇45 · ⭐ 56K) - Rich is a Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 290 · 🔀 2K · 📋 1.6K - 19% open · ⏱️ 26.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/Textualize/rich
```
PyPi (📥 410M / month · 📦 35K · ⏱️ 19.02.2026):
```
 pip install rich
```
Conda (📥 18M · ⏱️ 20.02.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge rich
```

tqdm (🥇44 · ⭐ 31K) - A Fast, Extensible Progress Bar for Python and CLI. MPL-2.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 120 · 🔀 1.4K · 📥 20K · 📦 1.2M · 📋 1K - 42% open · ⏱️ 03.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm
```
PyPi (📥 360M / month):
```
 pip install tqdm
```
Conda (📥 47M · ⏱️ 03.02.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge tqdm
```
Docker Hub (📥 6K · ⭐ 3 · ⏱️ 14.03.2026):
```
 docker pull tqdm/tqdm
```

loguru (🥇38 · ⭐ 24K) - Python logging made (stupidly) simple. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 72 · 🔀 770 · 📦 150K · 📋 1.1K - 20% open · ⏱️ 22.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/Delgan/loguru
```
PyPi (📥 66M / month):
```
 pip install loguru
```
Conda (📥 4.1M · ⏱️ 16.01.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge loguru
```

structlog (🥇38 · ⭐ 4.7K) - Simple, powerful, and fast logging for Python. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 140 · 🔀 270 · 📦 31K · 📋 390 - 8% open · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/hynek/structlog
```
PyPi (📥 66M / month · 📦 2.2K · ⏱️ 27.10.2025):
```
 pip install structlog
```

Conda (📥 1M · ⏱️ 28.10.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge structlog

sentry-sdk (🥈35 · ⭐ 2.2K) - The official Python SDK for Sentry.io. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 300 · 🔀 580 · 📥 3.8K · 📋 2.1K - 11% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python
```
PyPi (📥 110M / month):
```
 pip install sentry-sdk
```

Conda (📥 1.6M · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge sentry-sdk

alive-progress (🥈30 · ⭐ 6.3K) - A new kind of Progress Bar, with real-time throughput, ETA, and.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 11 · 🔀 230 · 📦 5K · 📋 250 - 6% open · ⏱️ 10.10.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/rsalmei/alive-progress
```
PyPi (📥 3M / month):
```
 pip install alive-progress
```

Conda (📥 240K · ⏱️ 08.03.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge alive-progress

notifiers (🥉28 · ⭐ 2.7K) - The easy way to send notifications. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 27 · 🔀 110 · 📦 1.4K · 📋 110 - 36% open · ⏱️ 26.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/liiight/notifiers
```
PyPi (📥 510K / month · 📦 37 · ⏱️ 17.05.2025):
```
 pip install notifiers
```

Conda (📥 66K · ⏱️ 20.05.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge notifiers

tabulate (🥉28 · ⭐ 2.5K · 📉) - Pretty-print tabular data in Python, a library and a command-line.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 110 · 🔀 180 · 📋 260 - 23% open · ⏱️ 11.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/astanin/python-tabulate
```
PyPi (📥 180M / month):
```
 pip install tabulate
```
Conda (📥 12M · ⏱️ 05.03.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge tabulate
```

stackprinter (🥉25 · ⭐ 1.3K) - Debugging-friendly exceptions for Python. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 8 · 🔀 41 · 📦 450 · 📋 36 - 30% open · ⏱️ 30.10.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/cknd/stackprinter
```
PyPi (📥 380K / month · 📦 48 · ⏱️ 13.03.2024):
```
 pip install stackprinter
```

Conda (📥 17K · ⏱️ 08.01.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge stackprinter

colorlog (🥉24 · ⭐ 960 · 📉) - A colored formatter for the python logging module. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 35 · 🔀 95 · ⏱️ 16.10.2025):

 git clone https://github.com/borntyping/python-colorlog

PyPi (📥 56M / month):
```
 pip install colorlog
```
Conda (📥 6.5M · ⏱️ 16.10.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge colorlog
```

better-exceptions (🥉23 · ⭐ 4.7K) - Pretty and useful exceptions in Python, automatically. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 19 · 🔀 200 · 📋 79 - 35% open · ⏱️ 22.10.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/Qix-/better-exceptions
```
PyPi (📥 470K / month):
```
 pip install better-exceptions
```

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prettytable (🥈35 · ⭐ 1.6K) - Display tabular data in a visually appealing ASCII table.. ❗Unlicensed
logbook (🥈33 · ⭐ 1.5K) - A cool logging replacement for Python. ❗Unlicensed
python-json-logger (🥈32 · ⭐ 1.8K · 💀) - Json Formatter for the standard python logger. BSD-2
python-coloredlogs (🥈30 · ⭐ 560 · 💀) - Colored terminal output for Pythons logging module. MIT
wasabi (🥉27 · ⭐ 470 · 💀) - A lightweight console printing and formatting toolkit. MIT
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

Shell

xxh (🥉19 · ⭐ 5.9K) - Bring your favorite shell wherever you go through the ssh. Xonsh shell,.. BSD-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 27 · 🔀 120 · 📥 5.1K · 📋 99 - 30% open · ⏱️ 22.09.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/xxh/xxh
```
PyPi (📥 780 / month · ⏱️ 06.04.2024):
```
 pip install xxh-xxh
```

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xonsh (🥇37 · ⭐ 9.3K) - Python-powered shell. Full-featured, cross-platform and AI-.. ❗️BSD-1-Clause

Documentation

🔗 best-of-mkdocs ( ⭐ 1.7K) - Collection of MkDocs projects and plugins.

mkdocs-material (🥇42 · ⭐ 26K) - Documentation that simply works. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 330 · 🔀 4.1K · 📦 82K · 📋 2.7K - 0% open · ⏱️ 14.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material
```
PyPi (📥 17M / month · 📦 9.2K · ⏱️ 10.03.2026):
```
 pip install mkdocs-material
```

Conda (📥 920K · ⏱️ 10.03.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge mkdocs-material

mkdocs (🥇40 · ⭐ 22K) - Project documentation with Markdown. BSD-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 260 · 🔀 2.6K · 📦 97K · 📋 2.1K - 6% open · ⏱️ 20.10.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs
```
PyPi (📥 16M / month · 📦 7.1K · ⏱️ 30.08.2024):
```
 pip install mkdocs
```
Conda (📥 810K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge mkdocs
```

mkdocstrings (🥈34 · ⭐ 2.1K) - Automatic documentation from sources, for MkDocs. ISC

GitHub (👨‍💻 54 · 🔀 120 · 📦 25K · 📋 470 - 1% open · ⏱️ 11.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/mkdocstrings/mkdocstrings
```
PyPi (📥 7.4M / month · 📦 1.9K · ⏱️ 07.02.2026):
```
 pip install mkdocstrings
```

Conda (📥 320K · ⏱️ 08.02.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge mkdocstrings

Griffe (🥈34 · ⭐ 620) - Signatures for entire Python programs. Extract the structure, the frame,.. ISC

GitHub (👨‍💻 46 · 🔀 63 · 📦 16K · 📋 300 - 9% open · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/mkdocstrings/griffe
```
PyPi (📥 30M / month · 📦 440 · ⏱️ 09.02.2026):
```
 pip install griffe
```
Conda (📥 810K · ⏱️ 23.02.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge griffe
```

sphinx-autodoc-typehints (🥈34 · ⭐ 590) - Type hints support for the Sphinx autodoc extension. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 66 · 🔀 110 · 📦 60K · 📋 230 - 0% open · ⏱️ 16.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/tox-dev/sphinx-autodoc-typehints
```
PyPi (📥 8.3M / month):
```
 pip install sphinx-autodoc-typehints
```

Conda (📥 1M · ⏱️ 10.03.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge sphinx-autodoc-typehints

sphinx_rtd_theme (🥈31 · ⭐ 5K · 📉) - Sphinx theme from Read the Docs. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 120 · 🔀 1.7K · 📦 16 · 📋 860 - 21% open · ⏱️ 12.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx_rtd_theme
```
PyPi (📥 14M / month):
```
 pip install sphinx_rtd_theme
```

Conda (📥 5M · ⏱️ 23.01.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge sphinx_rtd_theme

pdoc3 (🥈28 · ⭐ 1.2K) - Auto-generate API documentation for Python projects. ❗️AGPL-3.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 69 · 🔀 140 · 📦 5.1K · 📋 330 - 28% open · ⏱️ 03.11.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pdoc3/pdoc
```
PyPi (📥 600K / month):
```
 pip install pdoc3
```
Conda (📥 2.6K · ⏱️ 17.10.2025):
```
 conda install -c anaconda pdoc3
```

sphinx-autobuild (🥈28 · ⭐ 600) - Watch a Sphinx directory and rebuild the documentation.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 37 · 🔀 92 · 📦 31K · 📋 110 - 17% open · ⏱️ 16.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/executablebooks/sphinx-autobuild
```
PyPi (📥 6.5M / month):
```
 pip install sphinx-autobuild
```

Conda (📥 480K · ⏱️ 04.11.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge sphinx-autobuild

blacken-docs (🥉26 · ⭐ 680) - Run `black` on python code blocks in documentation files. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 26 · 🔀 45 · 📦 1.5K · 📋 81 - 11% open · ⏱️ 16.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
```
PyPi (📥 220K / month · 📦 120 · ⏱️ 08.09.2025):
```
 pip install blacken-docs
```

Conda (📥 59K · ⏱️ 08.09.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge blacken-docs

mkdocs-awesome-pages-plugin (🥉24 · ⭐ 620) - A plugin for customizing the navigation structure of.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 11 · 🔀 41 · 📦 500 · 📋 120 - 19% open · ⏱️ 02.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/lukasgeiter/mkdocs-awesome-pages-plugin
```
PyPi (📥 900K / month · 📦 220 · ⏱️ 22.12.2024):
```
 pip install mkdocs-awesome-pages-plugin
```

lazydocs (🥉23 · ⭐ 250 · 💤) - Generate markdown API documentation from Google-style Python.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 13 · 🔀 46 · 📦 410 · 📋 46 - 8% open · ⏱️ 28.08.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/ml-tooling/lazydocs
```
PyPi (📥 23K / month · 📦 65 · ⏱️ 27.07.2021):
```
 pip install lazydocs
```

pytkdocs (🥉23 · ⭐ 54 · 💤) - Load Python objects documentation. ISC

GitHub (👨‍💻 23 · 🔀 30 · 📦 1.6K · 📋 100 - 5% open · ⏱️ 09.03.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/mkdocstrings/pytkdocs
```
PyPi (📥 160K / month · 📦 22 · ⏱️ 09.03.2025):
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 pip install pytkdocs
```
Conda (📥 220K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge pytkdocs
```

mkdocs-pdf-export-plugin (🥉22 · ⭐ 340) - An MkDocs plugin to export content pages as PDF files. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 12 · 🔀 39 · 📦 1.5K · 📋 90 - 48% open · ⏱️ 08.10.2025):
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 git clone https://github.com/zhaoterryy/mkdocs-pdf-export-plugin
```
PyPi (📥 41K / month · 📦 6 · ⏱️ 05.10.2021):
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 pip install mkdocs-pdf-export-plugin
```

mkdocs-print-site-plugin (🥉20 · ⭐ 180) - MkDocs Plugin that adds an additional page that.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 16 · 🔀 29 · 📋 120 - 12% open · ⏱️ 30.10.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-print-site-plugin
```
PyPi (📥 140K / month · 📦 22 · ⏱️ 03.08.2025):
```
 pip install mkdocs-print-site-plugin
```

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sphinx (🥇43 · ⭐ 7.7K · 📈) - The Sphinx documentation generator. ❗Unlicensed
alabaster (🥈31 · ⭐ 770 · 💀) - Lightweight, configurable Sphinx theme. ❗Unlicensed
pdoc (🥈29 · ⭐ 2.5K) - API Documentation for Python Projects. ❗️MIT-0
breathe (🥈29 · ⭐ 810) - ReStructuredText and Sphinx bridge to Doxygen. ❗Unlicensed
interrogate (🥉26 · ⭐ 660 · 💀) - Explain yourself! Interrogate a codebase for docstring coverage. MIT
sphinx-markdown-builder (🥉26 · ⭐ 160 · 💀) - DISCONTINUED: sphinx builder that outputs markdown.. MIT
mkdocs-with-pdf (🥉24 · ⭐ 390 · 💀) - Generate a single PDF file from MkDocs repository. MIT
numpydoc (🥉24 · ⭐ 350) - Numpys Sphinx extensions. ❗Unlicensed
portray (🥉23 · ⭐ 870 · 💀) - Your Project with Great Documentation. MIT
pycco (🥉22 · ⭐ 860 · 💀) - Literate-style documentation generator. MIT
releases (🥉21 · ⭐ 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
sphinx-bootstrap-theme (🥉20 · ⭐ 590 · 💀) - Sphinx Bootstrap Theme. MIT
mkdocs-versioning (🥉16 · ⭐ 40 · 💀) - A tool that allows for versioning sites built with.. MIT

Debugging Tools

PySnooper (🥇31 · ⭐ 17K) - Never use print for debugging again. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 29 · 🔀 950 · 📦 2.1K · 📋 140 - 20% open · ⏱️ 08.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/cool-RR/PySnooper
```
PyPi (📥 600K / month · 📦 67 · ⏱️ 31.05.2025):
```
 pip install pysnooper
```

Conda (📥 150K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pysnooper

icecream (🥈30 · ⭐ 10K) - Never use print() to debug again. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 37 · 🔀 220 · 📦 21 · 📋 150 - 33% open · ⏱️ 21.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/gruns/icecream
```
PyPi (📥 3M / month):
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 pip install icecream
```
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 conda install -c conda-forge icecream
```

ipdb (🥈30 · ⭐ 2K) - Integration of IPython pdb. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 60 · 🔀 150 · 📦 68K · 📋 210 - 36% open · ⏱️ 27.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/gotcha/ipdb
```
PyPi (📥 15M / month):
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 pip install ipdb
```
Conda (📥 790K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
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 conda install -c conda-forge ipdb
```

gdbgui (🥉27 · ⭐ 10K · 💤) - Browser-based frontend to gdb (gnu debugger). Add breakpoints,.. ❗️GPL-3.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 45 · 🔀 520 · 📥 20K · 📦 510 · 📋 340 - 49% open · ⏱️ 29.06.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/cs01/gdbgui
```
PyPi (📥 8K / month · 📦 2 · ⏱️ 29.06.2025):
```
 pip install gdbgui
```

pyrasite (🥉23 · ⭐ 2.9K · 💤) - Inject code into running Python processes. ❗️GPL-3.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 25 · 🔀 200 · 📦 71 · 📋 60 - 71% open · ⏱️ 07.04.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/lmacken/pyrasite
```
PyPi (📥 84K / month · ⏱️ 09.05.2012):
```
 pip install pyrasite
```

snoop (🥉23 · ⭐ 1.4K) - A powerful set of Python debugging tools, based on PySnooper. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 22 · 🔀 41 · 📋 57 - 45% open · ⏱️ 11.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/alexmojaki/snoop
```
PyPi (📥 310K / month · 📦 41 · ⏱️ 06.10.2024):
```
 pip install snoop
```
Conda (📥 12K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge snoop
```

Birdseye (🥉21 · ⭐ 1.7K) - Graphical Python debugger which lets you easily view the values of all.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 10 · 🔀 73 · 📋 58 - 36% open · ⏱️ 06.09.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/alexmojaki/birdseye
```
PyPi (📥 1.4K / month · 📦 9 · ⏱️ 06.09.2025):
```
 pip install birdseye
```

python-hunter (🥉21 · ⭐ 870 · 💤) - Hunter is a flexible code tracing toolkit. BSD-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 10 · 🔀 51 · 📋 100 - 45% open · ⏱️ 22.08.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/ionelmc/python-hunter
```
PyPi (📥 1.3M / month):
```
 pip install hunter
```
Conda (📥 210K · ⏱️ 03.11.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge hunter
```

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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 · ⭐ 1.4K · 💀) - pdb++, a drop-in replacement for pdb (the Python debugger). BSD-3
python-manhole (🥉20 · ⭐ 400 · 💀) - Debugging manhole for python applications. BSD-2
reloadium (🥉18 · ⭐ 3K · 💀) - Hot Reloading and Profiling for Python. Apache-2

Testing Tools

🔗 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.

pytest (🥇49 · ⭐ 14K) - The pytest framework makes it easy to write small tests, yet scales to.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 1.1K · 🔀 3K · 📥 29K · 📦 1.7M · 📋 6.4K - 15% open · ⏱️ 18.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
```
PyPi (📥 510M / month · 📦 120K · ⏱️ 06.12.2025):
```
 pip install pytest
```
Conda (📥 46M · ⏱️ 06.12.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge pytest
```

robotframework (🥇43 · ⭐ 11K) - Generic automation framework for acceptance testing and RPA. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 220 · 🔀 2.5K · 📥 580 · 📦 14K · 📋 4.8K - 5% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/robotframework/robotframework
```
PyPi (📥 4.8M / month · 📦 1.1K · ⏱️ 03.03.2026):
```
 pip install robotframework
```

Conda (📥 260K · ⏱️ 04.03.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge robotframework

hypothesis (🥇43 · ⭐ 8.5K · 📈) - The property-based testing library for Python. MPL-2.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 360 · 🔀 630 · 📦 39K · 📋 1.7K - 3% open · ⏱️ 16.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/HypothesisWorks/hypothesis
```
PyPi (📥 28M / month · 📦 4K · ⏱️ 16.02.2026):
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 pip install hypothesis
```

Conda (📥 17M · ⏱️ 17.02.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge hypothesis

tox (🥇42 · ⭐ 3.9K) - Command line driven CI frontend and development task automation tool. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 120 · 🔀 540 · 📦 130K · 📋 1.9K - 0% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/tox-dev/tox
```
PyPi (📥 36M / month):
```
 pip install tox
```
Conda (📥 1.7M · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge tox
```

pytest-asyncio (🥇40 · ⭐ 1.6K) - Asyncio support for pytest. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 77 · 🔀 180 · 📥 1.9K · 📦 180K · 📋 390 - 14% open · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-asyncio
```
PyPi (📥 140M / month · 📦 15K · ⏱️ 10.11.2025):
```
 pip install pytest-asyncio
```

Conda (📥 3M · ⏱️ 10.11.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pytest-asyncio

playwright-python (🥈39 · ⭐ 14K) - Python version of the Playwright testing and automation.. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 51 · 🔀 1.1K · 📦 52K · 📋 1.5K - 4% open · ⏱️ 11.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-python
```
PyPi (📥 44M / month):
```
 pip install playwright
```

pytest-xdist (🥈38 · ⭐ 1.8K) - pytest plugin for distributed testing and loop-on-failures.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 110 · 🔀 240 · 📥 410 · 📦 130K · 📋 680 - 40% open · ⏱️ 16.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist
```
PyPi (📥 99M / month):
```
 pip install pytest-xdist
```

Conda (📥 12M · ⏱️ 02.07.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pytest-xdist

pytest-mock (🥈37 · ⭐ 2K) - Thin-wrapper around the mock package for easier use with pytest. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 82 · 🔀 150 · 📥 160 · 📦 130K · 📋 170 - 7% open · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-mock
```
PyPi (📥 84M / month):
```
 pip install pytest-mock
```

Conda (📥 4.8M · ⏱️ 17.09.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pytest-mock

pytest-html (🥈35 · ⭐ 770) - Plugin for generating HTML reports for pytest results. MPL-2.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 65 · 🔀 250 · 📦 58K · 📋 450 - 41% open · ⏱️ 16.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-html
```
PyPi (📥 21M / month · 📦 1.1K · ⏱️ 19.01.2026):
```
 pip install pytest-html
```

Conda (📥 970K · ⏱️ 21.01.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge pytest-html

mimesis (🥈34 · ⭐ 4.8K) - Mimesis is a fast Python library for generating fake data in multiple.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 130 · 🔀 350 · 📥 870 · 📦 2.3K · 📋 360 - 3% open · ⏱️ 18.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/lk-geimfari/mimesis
```
PyPi (📥 1.8M / month · 📦 83 · ⏱️ 11.01.2026):
```
 pip install mimesis
```
Conda (📥 370K · ⏱️ 11.01.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge mimesis
```

nox (🥈34 · ⭐ 1.5K) - Flexible test automation for Python. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 120 · 🔀 180 · 📦 7.6K · 📋 440 - 15% open · ⏱️ 12.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/theacodes/nox
```
PyPi (📥 5.5M / month · 📦 1.5K · ⏱️ 10.02.2026):
```
 pip install nox
```
Conda (📥 560K · ⏱️ 10.02.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge nox
```

nose2 (🥈34 · ⭐ 820) - The successor to nose, based on unittest2. BSD-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 83 · 🔀 130 · 📦 27K · 📋 240 - 16% open · ⏱️ 09.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/nose-devs/nose2
```
PyPi (📥 870K / month · 📦 360 · ⏱️ 02.03.2026):
```
 pip install nose2
```
Conda (📥 220K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge nose2
```

coveralls-python (🥈34 · ⭐ 570) - Show coverage stats online via coveralls.io. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 66 · 🔀 190 · 📦 37K · 📋 180 - 4% open · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/TheKevJames/coveralls-python
```
PyPi (📥 1.5M / month · 📦 2.6K · ⏱️ 28.02.2026):
```
 pip install coveralls
```

Conda (📥 1.5M · ⏱️ 28.02.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge coveralls

freezegun (🥈32 · ⭐ 4.5K · 💤) - Let your Python tests travel through time. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 130 · 🔀 290 · 📥 170 · 📋 360 - 40% open · ⏱️ 19.08.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/spulec/freezegun
```
PyPi (📥 44M / month · 📦 1.3K · ⏱️ 09.08.2025):
```
 pip install freezegun
```

Conda (📥 1.9M · ⏱️ 09.08.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge freezegun

factory_boy (🥈31 · ⭐ 3.8K) - A test fixtures replacement for Python. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 130 · 🔀 400 · 📋 630 - 30% open · ⏱️ 14.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/FactoryBoy/factory_boy
```
PyPi (📥 22M / month · 📦 650 · ⏱️ 03.02.2025):
```
 pip install factory_boy
```

Conda (📥 300K · ⏱️ 25.04.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge factory_boy

pytest-bdd (🥈31 · ⭐ 1.4K) - BDD library for the pytest runner. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 66 · 🔀 220 · 📦 4.7K · 📋 350 - 16% open · ⏱️ 11.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd
```
PyPi (📥 2.4M / month):
```
 pip install pytest-bdd
```

Conda (📥 75K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pytest-bdd

pytest-testinfra (🥉30 · ⭐ 2.5K · 💤) - Testinfra test your infrastructures. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 140 · 🔀 360 · 📦 2.6K · 📋 360 - 35% open · ⏱️ 12.08.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-testinfra
```
PyPi (📥 950K / month):
```
 pip install pytest-testinfra
```

Conda (📥 37K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pytest-testinfra

pytest-sugar (🥉30 · ⭐ 1.5K) - a plugin for py.test that changes the default look and feel.. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 57 · 🔀 81 · 📥 53 · 📦 30K · 📋 130 - 25% open · ⏱️ 12.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/Teemu/pytest-sugar
```
PyPi (📥 5.7M / month · 📦 1.5K · ⏱️ 23.08.2025):
```
 pip install pytest-sugar
```

Conda (📥 470K · ⏱️ 24.08.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pytest-sugar

asv (🥉28 · ⭐ 990) - Airspeed Velocity: A simple Python benchmarking tool with web-based reporting. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 96 · 🔀 200 · 📥 2.1K · 📦 1.6K · 📋 680 - 24% open · ⏱️ 09.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/airspeed-velocity/asv
```
PyPi (📥 360K / month · 📦 160 · ⏱️ 13.09.2025):
```
 pip install asv
```
Conda (📥 1.3M · ⏱️ 07.12.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge asv
```

pytest-randomly (🥉28 · ⭐ 700) - Pytest plugin to randomly order tests and control random.seed. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 20 · 🔀 33 · 📦 12K · 📋 76 - 11% open · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-randomly
```
PyPi (📥 5.8M / month · 📦 770 · ⏱️ 12.09.2025):
```
 pip install pytest-randomly
```

Conda (📥 370K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pytest-randomly

pytest-cov (🥉27 · ⭐ 2K · 📉) - Coverage plugin for pytest. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 100 · 🔀 230 · 📋 450 - 34% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cov
```
PyPi (📥 160M / month):
```
 pip install pytest-cov
```

Conda (📥 17M · ⏱️ 11.09.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pytest-cov

pytest-testmon (🥉27 · ⭐ 960) - Selects tests affected by changed files. Executes the right.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 29 · 🔀 74 · 📦 1.6K · 📋 180 - 20% open · ⏱️ 01.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/tarpas/pytest-testmon
```
PyPi (📥 2M / month · 📦 59 · ⏱️ 01.12.2025):
```
 pip install pytest-testmon
```

Conda (📥 130K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pytest-testmon

pytest-docker (🥉26 · ⭐ 490) - Docker-based integration tests. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 30 · 🔀 77 · 📥 250 · 📦 2.5K · 📋 62 - 33% open · ⏱️ 12.11.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/avast/pytest-docker
```
PyPi (📥 1.4M / month · 📦 150 · ⏱️ 12.11.2025):
```
 pip install pytest-docker
```

pytest-mypy (🥉26 · ⭐ 260 · 💤) - Mypy static type checker plugin for Pytest. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 16 · 🔀 33 · 📦 4.7K · 📋 72 - 9% open · ⏱️ 02.04.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/dbader/pytest-mypy
```
PyPi (📥 540K / month · 📦 780 · ⏱️ 02.04.2025):
```
 pip install pytest-mypy
```

Conda (📥 130K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pytest-mypy

pytest-benchmark (🥉25 · ⭐ 1.4K) - pytest fixture for benchmarking code. BSD-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 54 · 🔀 120 · 📋 200 - 53% open · ⏱️ 18.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/ionelmc/pytest-benchmark
```
PyPi (📥 12M / month):
```
 pip install pytest-benchmark
```

Conda (📥 2.9M · ⏱️ 09.11.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pytest-benchmark

xdoctest (🥉24 · ⭐ 220) - A rewrite of Pythons builtin doctest module (with pytest plugin.. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 13 · 🔀 18 · 📥 270 · 📋 57 - 38% open · ⏱️ 01.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/Erotemic/xdoctest
```
PyPi (📥 730K / month · 📦 240 · ⏱️ 08.09.2025):
```
 pip install xdoctest
```
Conda (📥 270K · ⏱️ 21.11.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge xdoctest
```

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pyautogui (🥈35 · ⭐ 12K · 💀) - A cross-platform GUI automation Python module for human beings... BSD-3
nose (🥉30 · ⭐ 1.4K · 💀) - nose is nicer testing for python. ❗Unlicensed
green (🥉28 · ⭐ 810 · 💀) - Green is a clean, colorful, fast python test runner. MIT
PyHamcrest (🥉28 · ⭐ 800) - Hamcrest matchers for Python. ❗Unlicensed
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
pytest-lazy-fixture (🥉24 · ⭐ 390 · 💀) - It helps to use fixtures in pytest.mark.parametrize. MIT
sixpack (🥉23 · ⭐ 1.8K · 💀) - Sixpack is a language-agnostic a/b-testing framework. BSD-2
pytest-plugins (🥉23 · ⭐ 600 · 💀) - A grab-bag of nifty pytest plugins. MIT
Mamba Test Runner (🥉22 · ⭐ 540 · 💀) - The definitive testing tool for Python. Born under the.. MIT
pytest-datadir (🥉22 · ⭐ 270) - pytest plugin for manipulating test data directories.. ❗Unlicensed
ddt (🥉21 · ⭐ 440 · 💀) - Data-Driven Tests for Python Unittest. MIT
fake2db (🥉18 · ⭐ 2.4K · 💀) - create custom test databases that are populated with fake data. ❗️GPL-2.0
assertpy (🥉14 · ⭐ 20 · 💀) - Simple assertion library for unit testing in python with a fluent API. BSD-3
pytest-play (🥉13 · ⭐ 71 · 💀) - pytest plugin that let you automate actions and.. Apache-2

Code Packaging

🔗 Python.org Packaging - An Overview of Packaging for Python.

pyinstaller (🥇44 · ⭐ 13K) - Freeze (package) Python programs into stand-alone executables. ❗️GPL-2.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 490 · 🔀 2K · 📥 750K · 📦 87K · 📋 5.6K - 5% open · ⏱️ 18.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller
```
PyPi (📥 7.2M / month · 📦 1.7K · ⏱️ 14.02.2026):
```
 pip install pyinstaller
```

Conda (📥 1.7M · ⏱️ 18.02.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge pyinstaller

Nuitka (🥇40 · ⭐ 15K) - Nuitka is a Python compiler written in Python. Its fully compatible.. ❗️AGPL-3.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 210 · 🔀 770 · 📦 3.7K · 📋 2.8K - 6% open · ⏱️ 12.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/Nuitka/Nuitka
```
PyPi (📥 1.5M / month · 📦 200 · ⏱️ 18.03.2026):
```
 pip install nuitka
```
Conda (📥 2.8M · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge nuitka
```

pex (🥈35 · ⭐ 4.2K) - A tool for generating .pex (Python EXecutable) files, lock files and venvs. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 120 · 🔀 310 · 📥 310K · 📋 1.2K - 4% open · ⏱️ 15.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pantsbuild/pex
```
PyPi (📥 4.5M / month · 📦 64 · ⏱️ 15.03.2026):
```
 pip install pex
```

briefcase (🥈34 · ⭐ 3.2K) - Tools to support converting a Python project into a standalone.. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 200 · 🔀 480 · 📥 1.1K · 📦 850 · 📋 1K - 18% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/beeware/briefcase
```
PyPi (📥 46K / month · 📦 44 · ⏱️ 09.03.2026):
```
 pip install briefcase
```

cx_Freeze (🥈27 · ⭐ 1.5K) - Creates standalone executables from Python scripts with the.. ❗Unlicensed

GitHub (👨‍💻 120 · 🔀 240 · 📋 1.1K - 3% open · ⏱️ 18.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/marcelotduarte/cx_Freeze
```
PyPi (📥 180K / month):
```
 pip install cx_freeze
```

Conda (📥 1.3M · ⏱️ 16.03.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge cx_freeze

shiv (🥉24 · ⭐ 1.9K) - shiv is a command line utility for building fully self contained Python.. BSD-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 44 · 🔀 110 · 📥 2.6K · 📋 150 - 44% open · ⏱️ 10.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/linkedin/shiv
```
PyPi (📥 160K / month · 📦 29 · ⏱️ 01.11.2024):
```
 pip install shiv
```

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packaging (🥈39 · ⭐ 720) - Core utilities for Python packages. ❗Unlicensed
py2app (🥈27 · ⭐ 420) - py2app is a Python setuptools command which will allow you to make.. ❗Unlicensed
PyOxidizer (🥉26 · ⭐ 6.1K · 💀) - A modern Python application packaging and distribution tool. MPL-2.0
py2exe (🥉24 · ⭐ 1K · 💤) - Create standalone Windows programs from Python code. ❗Unlicensed
constructor (🥉24 · ⭐ 500) - tool for creating installers from conda packages. ❗Unlicensed
pynsist (🥉23 · ⭐ 990 · 💀) - Build Windows installers for Python applications. MIT
xar (🥉19 · ⭐ 1.6K · 💀) - executable archive format. ❗Unlicensed
pyship (🥉16 · ⭐ 44) - pyship - ship Python desktop apps to end users. MIT
subpar (🥉13 · ⭐ 570 · 💀) - Subpar is a utility for creating self-contained python.. Apache-2

Build Tools

setuptools (🥇47 · ⭐ 2.8K · 📈) - Official project repository for the Setuptools build system. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 640 · 🔀 1.4K · 📦 840K · 📋 2.8K - 22% open · ⏱️ 09.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pypa/setuptools
```
PyPi (📥 1.3B / month · 📦 32K · ⏱️ 09.03.2026):
```
 pip install setuptools
```

Conda (📥 190M · ⏱️ 09.03.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge setuptools

scons (🥇39 · ⭐ 2.4K) - SCons - a software construction tool. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 170 · 🔀 340 · 📥 2K · 📦 4.2K · 📋 3.5K - 18% open · ⏱️ 15.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/SCons/scons
```
PyPi (📥 990K / month · 📦 58 · ⏱️ 16.11.2025):
```
 pip install scons
```
Conda (📥 1.3M · ⏱️ 17.11.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge scons
```

wheel (🥇39 · ⭐ 550) - The official binary distribution format for Python. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 88 · 🔀 180 · 📦 380K · 📋 420 - 3% open · ⏱️ 03.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pypa/wheel
```
PyPi (📥 490M / month · 📦 16K · ⏱️ 22.01.2026):
```
 pip install wheel
```
Conda (📥 160M · ⏱️ 23.01.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge wheel
```

twine (🥈38 · ⭐ 1.8K) - Utilities for interacting with PyPI. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 130 · 🔀 320 · 📥 130 · 📦 130K · 📋 560 - 10% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pypa/twine
```
PyPi (📥 28M / month · 📦 23K · ⏱️ 04.09.2025):
```
 pip install twine
```
Conda (📥 1.7M · ⏱️ 04.09.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge twine
```

setuptools_scm (🥈37 · ⭐ 940) - the blessed package to manage your versions by scm tags. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 160 · 🔀 230 · 📥 710 · 📦 33K · 📋 650 - 6% open · ⏱️ 25.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm
```
PyPi (📥 130M / month · 📦 2.3K · ⏱️ 19.10.2025):
```
 pip install setuptools_scm
```

Conda (📥 6.6M · ⏱️ 20.10.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge setuptools_scm

invoke (🥈36 · ⭐ 4.7K) - Pythonic task management & command execution. BSD-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 62 · 🔀 380 · 📦 33K · 📋 850 - 52% open · ⏱️ 20.10.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pyinvoke/invoke
```
PyPi (📥 71M / month · 📦 1.2K · ⏱️ 11.10.2025):
```
 pip install invoke
```
Conda (📥 2M · ⏱️ 11.10.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge invoke
```

buildbot (🥉35 · ⭐ 5.4K) - Python-based continuous integration testing framework; your pull.. ❗️GPL-2.0

GitHub (👨‍💻 900 · 🔀 1.6K · 📥 100K · 📦 410 · 📋 1.8K - 39% open · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/buildbot/buildbot
```
PyPi (📥 44K / month):
```
 pip install buildbot
```
Conda (📥 180K · ⏱️ 13.05.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge buildbot
```

doit (🥉34 · ⭐ 2K) - CLI task management & automation tool. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 70 · 🔀 190 · 📦 2.2K · 📋 320 - 29% open · ⏱️ 12.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pydoit/doit
```
PyPi (📥 700K / month · 📦 140 · ⏱️ 09.02.2026):
```
 pip install doit
```
Conda (📥 490K · ⏱️ 09.02.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge doit
```

flit (🥉33 · ⭐ 2.2K) - Simplified packaging of Python modules. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 82 · 🔀 150 · 📦 2.7K · 📋 440 - 29% open · ⏱️ 15.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pypa/flit
```
PyPi (📥 12M / month · 📦 930 · ⏱️ 25.03.2025):
```
 pip install flit
```
Conda (📥 360K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge flit
```

pybuilder (🥉28 · ⭐ 2K) - Software build automation tool for Python. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 39 · 🔀 270 · 📋 530 - 19% open · ⏱️ 13.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pybuilder/pybuilder
```
PyPi (📥 58K / month · 📦 6 · ⏱️ 13.03.2026):
```
 pip install pybuilder
```

Conda (📥 360K · ⏱️ 13.02.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge pybuilder

universal-build (🥉14 · ⭐ 27 · 💀) - Universal build utilities for containerized build pipelines. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 5 · 🔀 8 · 📥 23 · 📋 4 - 25% open · ⏱️ 15.09.2022):
```
 git clone https://github.com/ml-tooling/universal-build
```
PyPi (📥 160 / month · 📦 7 · ⏱️ 16.11.2021):
```
 pip install universal-build
```

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buildout (🥉29 · ⭐ 610) - Buildout is a deployment automation tool written in and extended.. ❗️ZPL-2.1
paver (🥉22 · ⭐ 460 · 💀) - Python-based project scripting. BSD-3
pynt (🥉17 · ⭐ 160 · 💀) - A pynt of Python build. MIT

System Monitoring & Profiling

psutil (🥇45 · ⭐ 11K) - Cross-platform lib for process and system monitoring in Python. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 230 · 🔀 1.4K · 📦 780K · 📋 1.9K - 17% open · ⏱️ 19.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil
```
PyPi (📥 300M / month):
```
 pip install psutil
```
Conda (📥 59M · ⏱️ 29.01.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge psutil
```

memray (🥈36 · ⭐ 15K) - Memray is a memory profiler for Python. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 62 · 🔀 430 · 📦 2K · 📋 270 - 17% open · ⏱️ 13.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/bloomberg/memray
```
PyPi (📥 14M / month · 📦 140 · ⏱️ 13.03.2026):
```
 pip install memray
```
Conda (📥 620K · ⏱️ 14.03.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge memray
```

Scalene (🥈35 · ⭐ 13K) - Scalene: a high-performance, high-precision CPU, GPU, and memory.. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 60 · 🔀 430 · 📦 980 · 📋 520 - 29% open · ⏱️ 05.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/plasma-umass/scalene
```
PyPi (📥 400K / month · 📦 63 · ⏱️ 31.01.2026):
```
 pip install scalene
```

pyinstrument (🥈35 · ⭐ 7.7K) - Call stack profiler for Python. Shows you why your code is slow!. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 76 · 🔀 260 · 📦 4.1K · 📋 190 - 14% open · ⏱️ 06.01.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/joerick/pyinstrument
```
PyPi (📥 11M / month · 📦 240 · ⏱️ 04.01.2026):
```
 pip install pyinstrument
```

Conda (📥 1.1M · ⏱️ 04.01.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge pyinstrument

py-spy (🥈34 · ⭐ 15K · 💤) - Sampling profiler for Python programs. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 53 · 🔀 500 · 📥 51K · 📦 8K · 📋 450 - 49% open · ⏱️ 18.08.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/benfred/py-spy
```
PyPi (📥 17M / month · 📦 110 · ⏱️ 31.07.2025):
```
 pip install py-spy
```
Conda (📥 780K · ⏱️ 01.08.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge py-spy
```
Cargo (📥 40K / month · 📦 4 · ⏱️ 31.07.2025):
```
 cargo install py-spy
```

Yappi (🥈31 · ⭐ 1.7K) - Yet Another Python Profiler, but this time multithreading, asyncio and.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 35 · 🔀 79 · 📦 1.7K · 📋 97 - 19% open · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/sumerc/yappi
```
PyPi (📥 4M / month · 📦 89 · ⏱️ 17.03.2026):
```
 pip install yappi
```
Conda (📥 360K · ⏱️ 18.03.2026):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge yappi
```

Bpytop (🥉29 · ⭐ 11K · 💤) - Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 36 · 🔀 430 · 📦 240 · 📋 320 - 28% open · ⏱️ 01.06.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/aristocratos/bpytop
```
PyPi (📥 9.6K / month · 📦 1 · ⏱️ 22.12.2021):
```
 pip install bpytop
```
Conda (📥 27K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge bpytop
```

line_profiler (🥉29 · ⭐ 3.2K) - Line-by-line profiling for Python. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 53 · 🔀 130 · 📥 2.2K · 📋 140 - 37% open · ⏱️ 07.03.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pyutils/line_profiler
```
PyPi (📥 2.6M / month · 📦 400 · ⏱️ 23.02.2026):
```
 pip install line_profiler
```

Conda (📥 4.9M · ⏱️ 24.02.2026):

 conda install -c conda-forge line_profiler

pympler (🥉22 · ⭐ 1.4K · 💤) - Development tool to measure, monitor and analyze the memory.. Apache-2

GitHub (👨‍💻 30 · 🔀 85 · 📋 110 - 48% open · ⏱️ 07.06.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pympler/pympler
```
PyPi (📥 6.3M / month):
```
 pip install pympler
```
Conda (📥 670K · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge pympler
```

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Glances (🥇38 · ⭐ 32K) - Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for.. ❗Unlicensed
memory_profiler (🥉27 · ⭐ 4.5K · 💀) - Monitor Memory usage of Python code. BSD-3
Diamond (🥉26 · ⭐ 1.8K · 💀) - Diamond is a python daemon that collects system metrics and publishes.. MIT
vprof (🥉23 · ⭐ 4K · 💀) - Visual profiler for Python. BSD-2
memory-profiler (🥉22 · ⭐ 4.6K · 💀) - Monitor Memory usage of Python code. ❗Unlicensed
Profiling (🥉20 · ⭐ 3K · 💀) - Was an interactive continuous Python profiler. BSD-3
heartrate (🥉18 · ⭐ 1.8K · 💀) - Simple real time visualisation of the execution of a Python program. MIT
pyheat (🥉13 · ⭐ 840 · 💀) - pprofile + matplotlib = Python program profiled as an awesome heatmap!. MIT
livepython (🥉12 · ⭐ 2.6K · 💀) - Visually trace Python code in real-time. MIT

AST Tools

executing (🥇30 · ⭐ 380 · 💤) - Get information about what a Python frame is currently doing,.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 11 · 🔀 38 · 📦 340K · 📋 52 - 36% open · ⏱️ 31.08.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/alexmojaki/executing
```
PyPi (📥 100M / month · 📦 800 · ⏱️ 01.09.2025):
```
 pip install executing
```

Conda (📥 25M · ⏱️ 01.09.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge executing

gast (🥈26 · ⭐ 140) - Python AST that abstracts the underlying Python version. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 11 · 🔀 39 · 📦 220K · ⏱️ 29.11.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/serge-sans-paille/gast
```
PyPi (📥 19M / month):
```
 pip install gast
```
Conda (📥 3.9M · ⏱️ 30.11.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge gast
```

astor (🥉24 · ⭐ 860) - Python AST read/write. BSD-3

GitHub (👨‍💻 35 · 🔀 100 · 📋 120 - 12% open · ⏱️ 17.02.2026):
```
 git clone https://github.com/berkerpeksag/astor
```
PyPi (📥 13M / month):
```
 pip install astor
```
Conda (📥 2.8M · ⏱️ 22.04.2025):
```
 conda install -c conda-forge astor
```

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astunparse (🥈25 · ⭐ 230 · 💀) - An AST unparser for Python. ❗Unlicensed
typed_ast (🥉19 · ⭐ 230 · 💀) - Modified fork of CPythons ast module that parses # type:.. ❗Unlicensed
asteval (🥉17 · ⭐ 4 · 📉) - minimalistic evaluator of python expression using ast module. MIT

Others

pre-commit (🥇40 · ⭐ 15K) - A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit.. MIT

GitHub (👨‍💻 170 · 🔀 900 · 📥 5.2M · 📦 270K · 📋 2.3K - 0% open · ⏱️ 22.12.2025):
```
 git clone https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit
```
PyPi (📥 110M / month):
```
 pip install pre-commit
```

Conda (📥 9.1M · ⏱️ 17.12.2025):

 conda install -c conda-forge pre-commit

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