jodal/pykka
🌀 Pykka makes it easier to build concurrent Python applications. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
85/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 62
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 71
- age_days: 5771
- days_rel: 172
- days_push: 18
- n_releases_24m: 8
Adoption not part of the score
1335 stars · 110 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Pykka is a Python implementation of the actor model, providing actors that communicate via messages to simplify building concurrent applications. It has no dependencies beyond Python 3.10+ and is distributed on PyPI under the Apache 2.0 license.
Use cases
- build concurrent python applications
- implement the actor model in python
- avoid shared-state race conditions between threads
- coordinate parallel tasks via message passing
- structure a python app as independent actors
When to choose
- you want actor-model concurrency in pure Python with zero dependencies
- you prefer message passing over locks and shared mutable state
- you need a lightweight, well-documented concurrency library
When to avoid
- you need distributed actors across multiple machines
- you need high-throughput async I/O rather than actor-style coordination
- your project must support Python versions older than 3.10
Facets
library · maturity active
concurrency developer-tools python cross-platform actor-model threading message-passing algorithms
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/jodal/pykka · fetched 2026-08-28 · 683b6a95bc9b
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pykka/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · fa9d9d9d209a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jodal/pykka | main | 85 |
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