Awesome Python

A curated list of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources.

Inspired by awesome-phpstars27.4k.

• Awesome Python
  • Admin Panels
  • Algorithms and Design Patterns
  • ASGI Servers
  • Asynchronous Programming
  • Audio
  • Authentication
  • Build Tools
  • Built-in Classes Enhancement
  • Caching
  • ChatOps Tools
  • CMS
  • Code Analysis
  • Command-line Interface Development
  • Command-line Tools
  • Compatibility
  • Computer Vision
  • Concurrency and Parallelism
  • Configuration
  • Cryptography
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Validation
  • Data Visualization
  • Database Drivers
  • Database
  • Date and Time
  • Debugging Tools
  • Deep Learning
  • DevOps Tools
  • Distributed Computing
  • Distribution
  • Documentation
  • Downloader
  • E-commerce
  • Editor Plugins and IDEs
  • Email
  • Enterprise Application Integrations
  • Environment Management
  • Files
  • Foreign Function Interface
  • Forms
  • Functional Programming
  • Game Development
  • Geolocation
  • GUI Development
  • Hardware
  • HTML Manipulation
  • HTTP Clients
  • Image Processing
  • Implementations
  • Interactive Interpreter
  • Internationalization
  • Job Scheduler
  • Logging
  • Machine Learning
  • Miscellaneous
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Network Virtualization
  • News Feed
  • ORM
  • Package Management
  • Package Repositories
  • Penetration testing
  • Permissions
  • Processes
  • Recommender Systems
  • Refactoring
  • RESTful API
  • Robotics
  • RPC Servers
  • Science
  • Search
  • Serialization
  • Serverless Frameworks
  • Shell
  • Specific Formats Processing
  • Static Site Generator
  • Tagging
  • Task Queues
  • Template Engine
  • Testing
  • Text Processing
  • Third-party APIs
  • URL Manipulation
  • Video
  • Web Asset Management
  • Web Content Extracting
  • Web Crawling
  • Web Frameworks
  • WebSocket
  • WSGI Servers
• Resources
  • Books
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Websites
• Contributing

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Admin Panels

Libraries for administrative interfaces.

• ajentistars6.9k - The admin panel your servers deserve.
• django-grappelli - A jazzy skin for the Django Admin-Interface.
• django-jetstars3.3k - Modern responsive template for the Django admin interface with improved functionality.
• django-suit - Alternative Django Admin-Interface (free only for Non-commercial use).
• django-xadminstars4.7k - Drop-in replacement of Django admin comes with lots of goodies.
• flask-adminstars5.2k - Simple and extensible administrative interface framework for Flask.
• flowerstars5.4k - Real-time monitor and web admin for Celery.
• jet-bridgestars1.3k - Admin panel framework for any application with nice UI (ex Jet Django).
• wooeystars1.8k - A Django app which creates automatic web UIs for Python scripts.

Algorithms and Design Patterns

Python implementation of data structures, algorithms and design patterns. Also see awesome-algorithmsstars12.4k.

• Algorithms
  • algorithmsstars21.6k - Minimal examples of data structures and algorithms.
  • python-dsstars1.9k - A collection of data structure and algorithms for coding interviews.
  • sortedcontainersstars2.7k - Fast and pure-Python implementation of sorted collections.
  • TheAlgorithmsstars145.6k - All Algorithms implemented in Python.
• Design Patterns
  • PyPattyrnstars1.6k - A simple yet effective library for implementing common design patterns.
  • python-patternsstars35.1k - A collection of design patterns in Python.
  • transitionsstars4.6k - A lightweight, object-oriented finite state machine implementation.

ASGI Servers

ASGI-compatible web servers.

• daphnestars1.8k - A HTTP, HTTP2 and WebSocket protocol server for ASGI and ASGI-HTTP.
• uvicornstars5.7k - A lightning-fast ASGI server implementation, using uvloop and httptools.

Asynchronous Programming

• asyncio - (Python standard library) Asynchronous I/O, event loop, coroutines and tasks.
  • awesome-asynciostars3.6k
• triostars4.9k - A friendly library for async concurrency and I/O.
• Twisted - An event-driven networking engine.
• uvloopstars8.9k - Ultra fast asyncio event loop.

Audio

Libraries for manipulating audio and its metadata.

• Audio
  • audioreadstars409 - Cross-library (GStreamer + Core Audio + MAD + FFmpeg) audio decoding.
  • dejavustars5.9k - Audio fingerprinting and recognition.
  • kaprestars855 - Keras Audio Preprocessors.
  • librosastars5.4k - Python library for audio and music analysis.
  • matcheringstars673 - A library for automated reference audio mastering.
  • mingus - An advanced music theory and notation package with MIDI file and playback support.
  • pyAudioAnalysisstars5k - Audio feature extraction, classification, segmentation and applications.
  • pydubstars6.4k - Manipulate audio with a simple and easy high level interface.
  • TimeSidestars332 - Open web audio processing framework.
• Metadata
  • beetsstars11.2k - A music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger.
  • eyeD3stars405 - A tool for working with audio files, specifically MP3 files containing ID3 metadata.
  • mutagenstars1.1k - A Python module to handle audio metadata.
  • tinytagstars559 - A library for reading music meta data of MP3, OGG, FLAC and Wave files.

Authentication

Libraries for implementing authentications schemes.

• OAuth
  • authlibstars3.3k - JavaScript Object Signing and Encryption draft implementation.
  • django-allauthstars7.5k - Authentication app for Django that "just works."
  • django-oauth-toolkitstars2.7k - OAuth 2 goodies for Django.
  • oauthlibstars2.4k - A generic and thorough implementation of the OAuth request-signing logic.
  • python-oauth2stars3k - A fully tested, abstract interface to creating OAuth clients and servers.
  • python-social-authstars2.8k - An easy-to-setup social authentication mechanism.
• JWT
  • pyjwtstars4.3k - JSON Web Token implementation in Python.
  • python-josestars1.2k - A JOSE implementation in Python.
  • python-jwtstars202 - A module for generating and verifying JSON Web Tokens.

Build Tools

Compile software from source code.

• BitBake - A make-like build tool for embedded Linux.
• buildout - A build system for creating, assembling and deploying applications from multiple parts.
• PlatformIOstars6.1k - A console tool to build code with different development platforms.
• pybuilderstars1.4k - A continuous build tool written in pure Python.
• SCons - A software construction tool.

Built-in Classes Enhancement

Libraries for enhancing Python built-in classes.

• attrsstars4.4k - Replacement for __init__, __eq__, __repr__, etc. boilerplate in class definitions.
• bidictstars1.2k - Efficient, Pythonic bidirectional map data structures and related functionality..
• Boxstars2.1k - Python dictionaries with advanced dot notation access.
• dataclasses - (Python standard library) Data classes.
• DottedDictstars150 - A library that provides a method of accessing lists and dicts with a dotted path notation.

CMS

Content Management Systems.

• django-cms - An Open source enterprise CMS based on the Django.
• feincmsstars840 - One of the most advanced Content Management Systems built on Django.
• indicostars1.4k - A feature-rich event management system, made @ CERN.
• Kottistars391 - A high-level, Pythonic web application framework built on Pyramid.
• mezzaninestars4.5k - A powerful, consistent, and flexible content management platform.
• plone - A CMS built on top of the open source application server Zope.
• quokkastars2.2k - Flexible, extensible, small CMS powered by Flask and MongoDB.
• wagtail - A Django content management system.

Caching

Libraries for caching data.

• beakerstars489 - A WSGI middleware for sessions and caching.
• django-cache-machinestars843 - Automatic caching and invalidation for Django models.
• django-cacheopsstars1.7k - A slick ORM cache with automatic granular event-driven invalidation.
• dogpile.cache - dogpile.cache is a next generation replacement for Beaker made by the same authors.
• HermesCache - Python caching library with tag-based invalidation and dogpile effect prevention.
• pylibmcstars459 - A Python wrapper around the libmemcached interface.
• python-diskcache - SQLite and file backed cache backend with faster lookups than memcached and redis.

ChatOps Tools

Libraries for chatbot development.

• errbotstars2.8k - The easiest and most popular chatbot to implement ChatOps.

Code Analysis

Tools of static analysis, linters and code quality checkers. Also see awesome-static-analysisstars10.3k.

• Code Analysis
  • coalastars3.4k - Language independent and easily extendable code analysis application.
  • code2flowstars2.7k - Turn your Python and JavaScript code into DOT flowcharts.
  • prospectorstars1.7k - A tool to analyse Python code.
  • pycallgraphstars1.7k - A library that visualises the flow (call graph) of your Python application.
  • vulturestars2.3k - A tool for finding and analysing dead Python code.
• Code Linters
  • flake8 - A wrapper around pycodestyle, pyflakes and McCabe.
    • awesome-flake8-extensionsstars912
  • pylamastars928 - A code audit tool for Python and JavaScript.
  • pylint - A fully customizable source code analyzer.
  • wemake-python-styleguidestars2k - The strictest and most opinionated python linter ever.
• Code Formatters
  • blackstars29.2k - The uncompromising Python code formatter.
  • isortstars5.2k - A Python utility / library to sort imports.
  • yapfstars12.8k - Yet another Python code formatter from Google.
• Static Type Checkers, also see awesome-python-typingstars1.1k
  • mypy - Check variable types during compile time.
  • pyre-checkstars6.1k - Performant type checking.
  • typeshedstars3.1k - Collection of library stubs for Python, with static types.
• Static Type Annotations Generators
  • MonkeyTypestars4k - A system for Python that generates static type annotations by collecting runtime types.
  • pyannotatestars1.3k - Auto-generate PEP-484 annotations.
  • pytypestars3.9k - Pytype checks and infers types for Python code - without requiring type annotations.

Command-line Interface Development

Libraries for building command-line applications.

• Command-line Application Development
  • cement - CLI Application Framework for Python.
  • click - A package for creating beautiful command line interfaces in a composable way.
  • cliff - A framework for creating command-line programs with multi-level commands.
  • docopt - Pythonic command line arguments parser.
  • python-firestars23.1k - A library for creating command line interfaces from absolutely any Python object.
  • python-prompt-toolkitstars7.9k - A library for building powerful interactive command lines.
• Terminal Rendering
  • alive-progressstars3.8k - A new kind of Progress Bar, with real-time throughput, eta and very cool animations.
  • asciimaticsstars3.1k - A package to create full-screen text UIs (from interactive forms to ASCII animations).
  • bashplotlibstars1.7k - Making basic plots in the terminal.
  • colorama - Cross-platform colored terminal text.
  • richstars39.9k - Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal. Also provides a great RichHandler log handler.
  • tqdmstars23k - Fast, extensible progress bar for loops and CLI.

Command-line Tools

Useful CLI-based tools for productivity.

• Productivity Tools
  • copierstars713 - A library and command-line utility for rendering projects templates.
  • cookiecutterstars18.1k - A command-line utility that creates projects from cookiecutters (project templates).
  • doitlivestars3.2k - A tool for live presentations in the terminal.
  • howdoistars9.7k - Instant coding answers via the command line.
  • Invokestars3.7k - A tool for managing shell-oriented subprocesses and organizing executable Python code into CLI-invokable tasks.
  • PathPickerstars4.8k - Select files out of bash output.
  • percolstars3.1k - Adds flavor of interactive selection to the traditional pipe concept on UNIX.
  • thefuckstars73.6k - Correcting your previous console command.
  • tmuxpstars3.5k - A tmuxstars26.3k session manager.
  • trystars652 - A dead simple CLI to try out python packages - it's never been easier.
• CLI Enhancements
  • httpiestars23.9k - A command line HTTP client, a user-friendly cURL replacement.
  • iredisstars2.2k - Redis CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting.
  • kube-shellstars2.1k - An integrated shell for working with the Kubernetes CLI.
  • liteclistars1.7k - SQLite CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting.
  • myclistars10.6k - MySQL CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting.
  • pgclistars10.7k - PostgreSQL CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting.
  • sawsstars5k - A Supercharged aws-clistars12.9k.

Compatibility

Libraries for migrating from Python 2 to 3.

• python-future - The missing compatibility layer between Python 2 and Python 3.
• modernizestars295 - Modernizes Python code for eventual Python 3 migration.
• six - Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities.

Computer Vision

Libraries for Computer Vision.

• EasyOCRstars15.9k - Ready-to-use OCR with 40+ languages supported.
• Face Recognitionstars45.9k - Simple facial recognition library.
• Korniastars7.1k - Open Source Differentiable Computer Vision Library for PyTorch.
• OpenCV - Open Source Computer Vision Library.
• pytesseractstars4.4k - A wrapper for Google Tesseract OCR.
• SimpleCVstars2.6k - An open source framework for building computer vision applications.
• tesserocrstars1.7k - Another simple, Pillow-friendly, wrapper around the tesseract-ocr API for OCR.

Concurrency and Parallelism

Libraries for concurrent and parallel execution. Also see awesome-asynciostars3.6k.

• concurrent.futures - (Python standard library) A high-level interface for asynchronously executing callables.
• eventlet - Asynchronous framework with WSGI support.
• gevent - A coroutine-based Python networking library that uses greenletstars1.4k.
• multiprocessing - (Python standard library) Process-based parallelism.
• scoopstars561 - Scalable Concurrent Operations in Python.
• uvloopstars8.9k - Ultra fast implementation of asyncio event loop on top of libuv.

Configuration

Libraries for storing and parsing configuration options.

• configobjstars280 - INI file parser with validation.
• configparser - (Python standard library) INI file parser.
• hydrastars6.4k - Hydra is a framework for elegantly configuring complex applications.
• profig - Config from multiple formats with value conversion.
• python-decouplestars2.2k - Strict separation of settings from code.

Cryptography

• cryptography - A package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers.
• paramikostars7.9k - The leading native Python SSHv2 protocol library.
• passlib - Secure password storage/hashing library, very high level.
• pynaclstars923 - Python binding to the Networking and Cryptography (NaCl) library.

Data Analysis

Libraries for data analyzing.

• AWS Data Wranglerstars3.1k - Pandas on AWS.
• Blazestars3.1k - NumPy and Pandas interface to Big Data.
• Open Miningstars1.2k - Business Intelligence (BI) in Pandas interface.
• Optimusstars1.3k - Agile Data Science Workflows made easy with PySpark.
• Orange - Data mining, data visualization, analysis and machine learning through visual programming or scripts.
• Pandas - A library providing high-performance, easy-to-use data structures and data analysis tools.

Data Validation

Libraries for validating data. Used for forms in many cases.

• Cerberusstars2.8k - A lightweight and extensible data validation library.
• colander - Validating and deserializing data obtained via XML, JSON, an HTML form post.
• jsonschemastars3.9k - An implementation of JSON Schema for Python.
• schemastars2.7k - A library for validating Python data structures.
• Schematicsstars2.5k - Data Structure Validation.
• valideerstars257 - Lightweight extensible data validation and adaptation library.
• voluptuousstars1.8k - A Python data validation library.

Data Visualization

Libraries for visualizing data. Also see awesome-javascriptstars28.9k.

• Altairstars7.8k - Declarative statistical visualization library for Python.
• Bokehstars16.7k - Interactive Web Plotting for Python.
• bqplotstars3.4k - Interactive Plotting Library for the Jupyter Notebook.
• Cartopystars1.1k - A cartographic python library with matplotlib support.
• Dash - Built on top of Flask, React and Plotly aimed at analytical web applications.
  • awesome-dashstars1.6k
• diagramsstars26k - Diagram as Code.
• Matplotlib - A Python 2D plotting library.
• plotninestars3.2k - A grammar of graphics for Python based on ggplot2.
• Pygal - A Python SVG Charts Creator.
• PyGraphviz - Python interface to Graphviz.
• PyQtGraph - Interactive and realtime 2D/3D/Image plotting and science/engineering widgets.
• Seabornstars9.9k - Statistical data visualization using Matplotlib.
• VisPystars2.9k - High-performance scientific visualization based on OpenGL.

Database

Databases implemented in Python.

• pickleDBstars707 - A simple and lightweight key-value store for Python.
• tinydbstars5.4k - A tiny, document-oriented database.
• ZODBstars552 - A native object database for Python. A key-value and object graph database.

Database Drivers

Libraries for connecting and operating databases.

• MySQL - awesome-mysql
  • mysqlclientstars2.1k - MySQL connector with Python 3 support (mysql-python fork).
  • PyMySQLstars7.1k - A pure Python MySQL driver compatible to mysql-python.
• PostgreSQL - awesome-postgresstars8.1k
  • psycopg2 - The most popular PostgreSQL adapter for Python.
  • queriesstars250 - A wrapper of the psycopg2 library for interacting with PostgreSQL.
• SQlite - awesome-sqlitestars191
  • sqlite3 - (Python standard library) SQlite interface compliant with DB-API 2.0
  • SuperSQLitestars701 - A supercharged SQLite library built on top of apswstars582.
• Other Relational Databases
  • pymssql - A simple database interface to Microsoft SQL Server.
  • clickhouse-driverstars915 - Python driver with native interface for ClickHouse.
• NoSQL Databases
  • cassandra-driverstars1.3k - The Python Driver for Apache Cassandra.
  • happybasestars594 - A developer-friendly library for Apache HBase.
  • kafka-pythonstars5k - The Python client for Apache Kafka.
  • py2neo - A client library and toolkit for working with Neo4j.
  • pymongostars3.7k - The official Python client for MongoDB.
  • redis-pystars10.8k - The Python client for Redis.
• Asynchronous Clients
  • motorstars2k - The async Python driver for MongoDB.

Date and Time

Libraries for working with dates and times.

• Arrow - A Python library that offers a sensible and human-friendly approach to creating, manipulating, formatting and converting dates, times and timestamps.
• Chronykstars338 - A Python 3 library for parsing human-written times and dates.
• dateutilstars1.9k - Extensions to the standard Python datetime module.
• deloreanstars1.8k - A library for clearing up the inconvenient truths that arise dealing with datetimes.
• mayastars3.4k - Datetimes for Humans.
• momentstars706 - A Python library for dealing with dates/times. Inspired by Moment.js.
• Pendulumstars5.1k - Python datetimes made easy.
• PyTimestars146 - An easy-to-use Python module which aims to operate date/time/datetime by string.
• pytz - World timezone definitions, modern and historical. Brings the tz database into Python.
• when.pystars192 - Providing user-friendly functions to help perform common date and time actions.

Debugging Tools

Libraries for debugging code.

• pdb-like Debugger
  • ipdbstars1.6k - IPython-enabled pdb.
  • pdb++stars988 - Another drop-in replacement for pdb.
  • pudbstars2.5k - A full-screen, console-based Python debugger.
  • wdbstars1.6k - An improbable web debugger through WebSockets.
• Tracing
  • lptracestars686 - strace for Python programs.
  • manholestars332 - Debugging UNIX socket connections and present the stacktraces for all threads and an interactive prompt.
  • pyringestars1.6k - Debugger capable of attaching to and injecting code into Python processes.
  • python-hunterstars695 - A flexible code tracing toolkit.
• Profiler
  • line_profilerstars3.6k - Line-by-line profiling.
  • memory_profilerstars79 - Monitor Memory usage of Python code.
  • py-spystars9.1k - A sampling profiler for Python programs. Written in Rust.
  • pyflamestars3k - A ptracing profiler For Python.
  • vprofstars3.9k - Visual Python profiler.
• Others
  • django-debug-toolbarstars7.2k - Display various debug information for Django.
  • django-devserverstars1.3k - A drop-in replacement for Django's runserver.
  • flask-debugtoolbarstars847 - A port of the django-debug-toolbar to flask.
  • icecreamstars6.2k - Inspect variables, expressions, and program execution with a single, simple function call.
  • pyelftoolsstars1.5k - Parsing and analyzing ELF files and DWARF debugging information.

Deep Learning

Frameworks for Neural Networks and Deep Learning. Also see awesome-deep-learningstars19.5k.

• caffestars32.9k - A fast open framework for deep learning..
• kerasstars56.3k - A high-level neural networks library and capable of running on top of either TensorFlow or Theano.
• mxnetstars20.1k - A deep learning framework designed for both efficiency and flexibility.
• pytorchstars59.2k - Tensors and Dynamic neural networks in Python with strong GPU acceleration.
• SerpentAIstars6.3k - Game agent framework. Use any video game as a deep learning sandbox.
• tensorflowstars168.1k - The most popular Deep Learning framework created by Google.
• Theanostars9.6k - A library for fast numerical computation.

DevOps Tools

Software and libraries for DevOps.

• Configuration Management
  • ansiblestars54.7k - A radically simple IT automation platform.
  • cloudinit - A multi-distribution package that handles early initialization of a cloud instance.
  • OpenStack - Open source software for building private and public clouds.
  • pyinfrastars1.6k - A versatile CLI tools and python libraries to automate infrastructure.
  • saltstackstars12.8k - Infrastructure automation and management system.
• SSH-style Deployment
  • cuisinestars1.2k - Chef-like functionality for Fabric.
  • fabricstars13.7k - A simple, Pythonic tool for remote execution and deployment.
  • fabtoolsstars1.3k - Tools for writing awesome Fabric files.
• Process Management
  • honchostars1.5k - A Python clone of Foremanstars5.8k, for managing Procfile-based applications.
  • supervisorstars7.5k - Supervisor process control system for UNIX.
• Monitoring
  • psutilstars8.7k - A cross-platform process and system utilities module.
• Backup
  • BorgBackup - A deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption.
• Others
  • docker-compose - Fast, isolated development environments using Docker.

Distributed Computing

Frameworks and libraries for Distributed Computing.

• Batch Processing
  • daskstars10.4k - A flexible parallel computing library for analytic computing.
  • luigistars16k - A module that helps you build complex pipelines of batch jobs.
  • mrjobstars2.6k - Run MapReduce jobs on Hadoop or Amazon Web Services.
  • PySpark - Apache Spark Python API.
  • Raystars22.2k - A system for parallel and distributed Python that unifies the machine learning ecosystem.
• Stream Processing
  • fauststars6.3k - A stream processing library, porting the ideas from Kafka Streams to Python.
  • streamparsestars1.5k - Run Python code against real-time streams of data via Apache Storm.

Distribution

Libraries to create packaged executables for release distribution.

• dh-virtualenvstars1.5k - Build and distribute a virtualenv as a Debian package.
• Nuitka - Compile scripts, modules, packages to an executable or extension module.
• py2app - Freezes Python scripts (Mac OS X).
• py2exe - Freezes Python scripts (Windows).
• pyarmorstars1.8k - A tool used to obfuscate python scripts, bind obfuscated scripts to fixed machine or expire obfuscated scripts.
• PyInstallerstars9.6k - Converts Python programs into stand-alone executables (cross-platform).
• pynsist - A tool to build Windows installers, installers bundle Python itself.
• shivstars1.5k - A command line utility for building fully self-contained zipapps (PEP 441), but with all their dependencies included.

Documentation

Libraries for generating project documentation.

• sphinx