# boto/boto

For the latest version of boto, see https://github.com/boto/boto3 -- Python interface to Amazon Web Services

Repository: https://github.com/boto/boto
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/boto
Homepage: http://docs.pythonboto.org/
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-01-12T23:46:55+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": 5896, "days_push": 964, "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 6417, forks 2207 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:43.317484+00:00)

## What it is
Boto is the original Python SDK providing interfaces to Amazon Web Services such as EC2, S3, DynamoDB, and SQS. It is deprecated and no longer maintained, having been replaced by Boto3.

## Use cases
- access aws services from python
- upload files to s3 with python
- manage ec2 instances programmatically
- use dynamodb from python
- maintain legacy python 2 code using boto2

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy codebase already written against boto 2
- working with an old AWS service API only boto2 supports

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use boto3 instead
- you need support or bug fixes - issues are not reviewed
- you need Python 3 support for all services

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: sdk, http-client
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools, apis
- platform: python
- tags: aws, deprecated, boto2, cloud-sdk

## Member repositories
- boto/boto (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.317484+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 2026-08-29T17:44:54.491569+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/boto/boto (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.317484+00:00, sha 072c8b6135a1)
  - homepage: http://docs.pythonboto.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:41:44.147354+00:00, sha 68c373388e41)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/boto/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:41:44.164598+00:00, sha 6163f8e61af1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.