kivy/plyer
Plyer is a platform-independent Python wrapper for platform-dependent APIs observed · 2026-10-19
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-22. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5020
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 17
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1805 stars · 435 forks observed · 2026-10-19
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Plyer is a platform-independent Python wrapper that provides a unified API for accessing platform-dependent hardware and OS features across Android, iOS, macOS, Linux, and Windows. It is maintained by the Kivy team and works with Kivy apps or standalone Python projects.
Use cases
- access device sensors like accelerometer and compass from python
- send desktop notifications cross-platform in python
- get battery status on android ios windows and linux
- take a picture with the device camera from a python app
- read hardware features uniformly across mobile and desktop platforms
- use platform apis in a kivy app without platform-specific code
When to choose
- you need one python API for hardware features across multiple platforms
- you are building a Kivy mobile app and need sensors, camera, or notifications
- you want to avoid writing platform-specific code for common device APIs
When to avoid
- you need an API plyer does not support on your target platform
- you need fine-grained control over native platform APIs
- your project is not python-based
Facets
library · maturity active
sdk developer-tools cross-platform mobile-development developer-tools python windows cross-platform hardware-apis platform-abstraction kivy sensors notifications api-wrapper android ios linux macos mobile
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/kivy/plyer · fetched 2026-10-19 · 30ea8fe74500
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kivy/plyer | main | 67 |
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