diyan/pywinrm

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

pywinrm is a Python client library for the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service, enabling remote command and PowerShell script execution on Windows machines from any host that can run Python. It supports Basic, certificate, NTLM, Kerberos, and CredSSP authentication and is used by Ansible for its Windows support.

Use cases

• run commands on remote windows machines from python
• execute powershell scripts remotely via winrm
• automate windows server administration from linux
• fetch wmi variables from a windows host
• manage windows fleet with ansible over winrm
• run batch scripts on windows hosts programmatically

When to choose

• you need to remotely manage or automate Windows machines from Python
• you are building Windows support for a configuration management or automation tool
• you need multiple Windows auth protocols including Kerberos and CredSSP

When to avoid

• you need interactive remote desktop sessions rather than command execution
• you prefer SSH-based Windows management (OpenSSH on Windows)
• you need a GUI remote administration tool

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-client auth developer-tools windows networking python cross-platform windows winrm ws-management remote-execution powershell ansible devops automation

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