# sigmavirus24/github3.py

Hi, I'm a library for interacting with GItHub's REST API in a convenient and ergonomic way. I work on Python 3.6+.

Repository: https://github.com/sigmavirus24/github3.py
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/github3py
Homepage: https://github3.readthedocs.io
Language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: github, github-api, python, python36, rest-client, rest, rest-api, python37, python38, python39
Last push: 2026-08-17T19:40:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5286, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1256, forks 409 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:09.247920+00:00)

## What it is
github3.py is a comprehensive Python wrapper library for the GitHub REST API (v3), providing an ergonomic, object-oriented interface to GitHub resources. It supports Python 3.7+ and pypy3 and is actively maintained with a BSD-3-Clause license.

## Use cases
- interact with the github api from python
- automate github repository management
- list issues and pull requests via a script
- authenticate and act as a github app or user
- query github data without writing raw http requests

## When to choose
- you want a stable, well-documented Python client for the GitHub REST API
- you need ergonomic object-oriented access to repos, issues, PRs, and users
- you prefer a mature library with long-term maintenance over raw requests calls

## When to avoid
- you need the newer GitHub GraphQL API rather than REST v3
- you want an async-first client
- you only need simple unauthenticated requests and prefer minimal dependencies

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: http-client, sdk
- domain: apis, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: github-api, rest-client, api-wrapper, github, automation

## Member repositories
- sigmavirus24/github3.py (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:09.247920+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 2026-08-30T05:07:17.685232+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sigmavirus24/github3.py (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:09.247920+00:00, sha 458fd12a9b1a)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/github3.py/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:18:18.981636+00:00, sha 1b90834a63d6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.