# adafruit/Adafruit-Raspberry-Pi-Python-Code

Adafruit library code for Raspberry Pi

Repository: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Raspberry-Pi-Python-Code
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/adafruit-raspberry-pi-python-code
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-09-30T03:09:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5135, "days_push": 2529, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1446, forks 673 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.308401+00:00)

## What it is
Adafruit's legacy monolithic Python library for Raspberry Pi hardware, including sensor drivers like the BMP085 and TCS34725 and character LCD support. It has been deprecated and split into individual pip-installable CircuitPython/Blinka libraries.

## Use cases
- read sensor data from a BMP085 on a Raspberry Pi
- drive a character LCD plate with Python on a Pi
- find legacy Adafruit Raspberry Pi Python example code
- interface TCS34725 color sensor with a Raspberry Pi
- maintain an old project that depends on Adafruit's original Pi code

## When to choose
- you are maintaining legacy code that already depends on this repository
- you need the original pre-refactor Adafruit Pi code from the legacy branch

## When to avoid
- starting a new Raspberry Pi hardware project
- you need Python 3 support or active maintenance
- you want pip-installable libraries for modern sensors

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: sdk, embedded
- domain: hardware, embedded-systems, developer-tools
- platform: python, iot
- tags: raspberry-pi, sensors, hardware-drivers, deprecated, adafruit, gpio, legacy, linux

## Member repositories
- adafruit/Adafruit-Raspberry-Pi-Python-Code (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.308401+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:09.548170+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Raspberry-Pi-Python-Code (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.308401+00:00, sha 5a132f07f876)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.