not-kennethreitz/envoy
Python Subprocesses for Humans™. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5485
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3517
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2261 stars · 252 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Envoy is a Python convenience wrapper around the standard subprocess module, offering a friendlier API for running shell commands and capturing output. It is deprecated in favor of delegator.py and has not seen a release since 2017.
Use cases
- run shell commands from python with a simpler api
- capture stdout and stderr of subprocesses
- pipe data into and between shell commands
- run commands with timeouts
When to choose
- you maintain legacy code already using envoy
- you want a minimal, human-friendly subprocess wrapper in an old python codebase
When to avoid
- starting a new project - use subprocess, delegator.py, or sh instead
- you need actively maintained software or recent python compatibility
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
developer-tools cli developer-tools python cross-platform subprocess-wrapper shell-commands process-execution command-line
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/not-kennethreitz/envoy · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9c2b49cdaefa
- homepage: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/envoy · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4420816d625f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| not-kennethreitz/envoy | main | 10 |
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