pyserial/pyserial
Python serial port access library observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 83
- Release rhythm 25
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
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: n/a
- age_days: 4049
- days_rel: 287
- days_push: 106
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
3565 stars · 1164 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
pySerial is a Python library that encapsulates serial port access, providing backends for Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD. It offers a unified API for reading from and writing to serial ports across platforms.
Use cases
- communicate with arduino over serial from python
- read data from a serial port device
- send commands to hardware via rs232
- talk to embedded device over uart in python
- cross-platform serial port access
When to choose
- you need serial port communication in Python on Windows, macOS, or Linux
- you want a mature, well-documented library with a consistent cross-platform API
When to avoid
- you need high-level protocol support rather than raw serial byte streams
- your project is not in Python
Facets
library · maturity stable
sdk developer-tools developer-tools hardware embedded-systems cross-platform python windows bsd cross-platform serial-port rs232 hardware-communication uart linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/pyserial/pyserial · fetched 2026-08-28 · 54156e21d604
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pyserial/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 02913e94a674
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pyserial/pyserial | main | 66 |
For agents
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