# pypa/packaging.python.org

Python Packaging User Guide

Repository: https://github.com/pypa/packaging.python.org
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/packagingpythonorg
Homepage: http://packaging.python.org
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:44:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4613, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1661, forks 1687 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:18.496544+00:00)

## What it is
The Python Packaging User Guide (PyPUG), the community-maintained authoritative documentation on packaging and installing Python distributions. This repository contains the source for packaging.python.org.

## Use cases
- learn how to package a python library
- how to publish a package to pypi
- understanding pyproject.toml and setup.cfg
- guide to installing python packages with pip
- creating and distributing python wheels
- python packaging best practices

## When to choose
- you need authoritative, up-to-date guidance on Python packaging tools and workflows
- you want to learn how to build, distribute, or install Python packages
- you are contributing to or referencing official PyPA documentation

## When to avoid
- you need packaging software or tooling rather than documentation
- you need guides for other languages' package ecosystems

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: developer-tools, documentation, programming-languages
- platform: python
- tags: python-packaging, user-guide, pypa, sphinx-docs

## Member repositories
- pypa/packaging.python.org (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.496544+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 2026-08-30T03:44:38.490305+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pypa/packaging.python.org (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.496544+00:00, sha f6f02348d641)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.