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Update: 2026.01.29

29 Jan 19:33

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  • rich (🥇47 · ⭐ 55K · 📈) - Rich is a Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the.. MIT
  • pytest-xdist (🥈38 · ⭐ 1.8K · 📈) - pytest plugin for distributed testing and loop-on-.. MIT
  • prettytable (🥈36 · ⭐ 1.6K · 📈) - Display tabular data in a visually appealing ASCII.. ❗Unlicensed
  • pyenv (🥈35 · ⭐ 44K · 📈) - Simple Python version management. MIT
  • pyarmor (🥈35 · ⭐ 4.9K · 📈) - A tool used to obfuscate python scripts, bind obfuscated.. ❗️SGI-B-2.0

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  • PDM (🥉35 · ⭐ 8.5K · 📉) - A modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP.. MIT
  • ruff (🥈31 · ⭐ 45K · 📉) - An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust. MIT
  • pycodestyle (🥈31 · ⭐ 5.2K · 📉) - Simple Python style checker in one Python file. MIT
  • flake8-bugbear (🥈30 · ⭐ 1.1K · 📉) - A plugin for Flake8 finding likely bugs and design.. MIT
  • tbvaccine (🥉14 · ⭐ 380 · 💀) - A small utility to pretty-print Python tracebacks. MIT

Update: 2026.01.22

22 Jan 21:49

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  • jedi (🥇42 · ⭐ 6.1K · 📈) - Awesome autocompletion, static analysis and refactoring library for python. MIT
  • mkdocs (🥇40 · ⭐ 22K · 📈) - Project documentation with Markdown. BSD-2
  • wheel (🥈38 · ⭐ 550 · 📈) - The official binary distribution format for Python. MIT
  • pipx (🥉36 · ⭐ 12K · 📈) - Install and Run Python Applications in Isolated Environments. MIT
  • Scalene (🥈35 · ⭐ 13K · 📈) - Scalene: a high-performance, high-precision CPU, GPU, and memory.. Apache-2

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  • packaging (🥈38 · ⭐ 710 · 📉) - Core utilities for Python packages. ❗Unlicensed
  • pytest-xdist (🥈36 · ⭐ 1.8K · 📉) - pytest plugin for distributed testing and loop-on-.. MIT
  • pytype (🥉33 · ⭐ 5K · 📉) - A static type analyzer for Python code. Apache-2
  • pdoc (🥈33 · ⭐ 2.5K · 📉) - API Documentation for Python Projects. ❗️MIT-0
  • flake8-bugbear (🥈32 · ⭐ 1.1K · 📉) - A plugin for Flake8 finding likely bugs and design.. MIT

Update: 2026.01.15

15 Jan 16:21

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  • setuptools (🥇45 · ⭐ 2.8K · 📈) - Official project repository for the Setuptools build system. MIT
  • loguru (🥈38 · ⭐ 23K · 📈) - Python logging made (stupidly) simple. MIT
  • sphinx_rtd_theme (🥈38 · ⭐ 5K · 📈) - Sphinx theme from Read the Docs. MIT
  • PDM (🥈37 · ⭐ 8.5K · 📈) - A modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP.. MIT
  • Birdseye (🥉22 · ⭐ 1.7K · 📈) - Graphical Python debugger which lets you easily view the values of.. MIT

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  • pre-commit (🥇42 · ⭐ 15K · 📉) - A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit.. MIT
  • structlog (🥈38 · ⭐ 4.5K · 📉) - Simple, powerful, and fast logging for Python. Apache-2
  • invoke (🥈36 · ⭐ 4.7K · 📉) - Pythonic task management & command execution. BSD-2
  • flit (🥉33 · ⭐ 2.2K · 📉) - Simplified packaging of Python modules. BSD-3
  • flake8-bugbear (🥈33 · ⭐ 1.1K · 📉) - A plugin for Flake8 finding likely bugs and design.. MIT

Update: 2026.01.08

08 Jan 15:11

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  • ruff (🥇47 · ⭐ 45K · 📈) - An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust. MIT
  • Glances (🥇39 · ⭐ 31K · 📈) - Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for.. ❗️LGPL-3.0
  • sphinx_rtd_theme (🥈37 · ⭐ 5K · 📈) - Sphinx theme from Read the Docs. MIT
  • pytype (🥉34 · ⭐ 5K · 📈) - A static type analyzer for Python code. Apache-2
  • rope (🥇34 · ⭐ 2.2K · 📈) - a python refactoring library. ❗️LGPL-3.0

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  • rich (🥇44 · ⭐ 55K · 📉) - Rich is a Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the.. MIT
  • sphinx (🥇44 · ⭐ 7.6K · 📉) - The Sphinx documentation generator. ❗Unlicensed
  • isort (🥈42 · ⭐ 6.9K · 📉) - A Python utility / library to sort imports. MIT
  • Nuitka (🥇40 · ⭐ 14K · 📉) - Nuitka is a Python compiler written in Python. Its fully.. Apache-2
  • pipx (🥉35 · ⭐ 12K · 📉) - Install and Run Python Applications in Isolated Environments. MIT

Update: 2026.01.01

01 Jan 15:21

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  • poetry (🥈42 · ⭐ 34K · 📈) - Python packaging and dependency management made easy. MIT
  • playwright-python (🥇41 · ⭐ 14K · 📈) - Python version of the Playwright testing and.. Apache-2
  • mimesis (🥈34 · ⭐ 4.7K · 📈) - Mimesis is a fast Python library for generating fake data in multiple.. MIT
  • pylint-django (🥈31 · ⭐ 620 · 📈) - Pylint plugin for improving code analysis for when.. ❗️GPL-3.0
  • flake8-simplify (🥉23 · ⭐ 200 · 📈) - A flake8 plugin that helps you to simplify code. MIT

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  • setuptools (🥇43 · ⭐ 2.8K · 📉) - Official project repository for the Setuptools build system. MIT
  • mkdocs (🥇39 · ⭐ 22K · 📉) - Project documentation with Markdown. BSD-2
  • pytest-xdist (🥈38 · ⭐ 1.8K · 📉) - pytest plugin for distributed testing and loop-on-.. MIT
  • ruff (🥈31 · ⭐ 45K · 📉) - An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust. MIT
  • alive-progress (🥉29 · ⭐ 6.2K · 📉) - A new kind of Progress Bar, with real-time throughput, ETA,.. MIT

Update: 2025.12.25

31 Dec 15:27

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  • sphinx (🥇45 · ⭐ 7.6K · 📈) - The Sphinx documentation generator. ❗Unlicensed
  • robotframework (🥇43 · ⭐ 11K · 📈) - Generic automation framework for acceptance testing and.. Apache-2
  • Nuitka (🥇41 · ⭐ 14K · 📈) - Nuitka is a Python compiler written in Python. Its fully.. Apache-2
  • nodeenv (🥈38 · ⭐ 1.8K · 📈) - Virtual environment for Node.js & integrator with virtualenv. BSD-3
  • mypy-protobuf (🥈31 · ⭐ 690 · 📈) - open source tools to generate mypy stubs from protobufs. Apache-2

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  • tox (🥈39 · ⭐ 3.9K · 📉) - Command line driven CI frontend and development task automation tool. MIT
  • Glances (🥇38 · ⭐ 31K · 📉) - Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for.. ❗️LGPL-3.0
  • prospector (🥇31 · ⭐ 2.1K · 📉) - Inspects Python source files and provides information about.. ❗️GPL-2.0
  • buildout (🥉28 · ⭐ 610 · 📉) - Buildout is a deployment automation tool written in and.. ❗️ZPL-2.1
  • PyHamcrest (🥉26 · ⭐ 800 · 💀) - Hamcrest matchers for Python. ❗Unlicensed

Update: 2025.12.18

18 Dec 15:26

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  • ruff (🥇47 · ⭐ 45K · 📈) - An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust. MIT
  • pipenv (🥇45 · ⭐ 25K · 📈) - Python Development Workflow for Humans. MIT
  • pyenv-virtualenv (🥉24 · ⭐ 6.7K · 📈) - a pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv (a.k.a. python-.. MIT
  • python-devtools (🥉22 · ⭐ 1.1K · 💤) - Dev tools for python. MIT
  • pylint-flask (🥉18 · ⭐ 64 · 💀) - A Pylint plugin to analyze Flask applications. ❗️GPL-2.0

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  • robotframework (🥇42 · ⭐ 11K · 📉) - Generic automation framework for acceptance testing and.. Apache-2
  • twine (🥈37 · ⭐ 1.7K · 📉) - Utilities for interacting with PyPI. Apache-2
  • pyenv (🥈34 · ⭐ 44K · 📉) - Simple Python version management. MIT
  • Griffe (🥈33 · ⭐ 580 · 📉) - Signatures for entire Python programs. Extract the structure, the.. ISC
  • vulture (🥈30 · ⭐ 4.2K · 📉) - Find dead Python code. MIT

Update: 2025.12.11

11 Dec 15:01

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  • playwright-python (🥇40 · ⭐ 14K · 📈) - Python version of the Playwright testing and.. Apache-2
  • twine (🥈38 · ⭐ 1.7K · 📈) - Utilities for interacting with PyPI. Apache-2
  • PDM (🥉37 · ⭐ 8.5K · 📈) - A modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP.. MIT
  • sphinx_rtd_theme (🥈36 · ⭐ 5K · 📈) - Sphinx theme from Read the Docs. MIT
  • pipreqs (🥉32 · ⭐ 7.4K · 📈) - pipreqs - Generate pip requirements.txt file based on imports of.. Apache-2

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  • wemake-python-styleguide (🥈33 · ⭐ 2.8K · 📉) - The strictest and most opinionated python linter ever!. MIT
  • ruff (🥈31 · ⭐ 44K · 📉) - An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust. MIT
  • py2app (🥉24 · ⭐ 420 · 💀) - py2app is a Python setuptools command which will allow you to make.. MIT
  • python-devtools (🥉16 · ⭐ 1.1K · 💤) - Dev tools for python. MIT
  • pylint-flask (🥉13 · ⭐ 64 · 💀) - A Pylint plugin to analyze Flask applications. ❗️GPL-2.0

Update: 2025.12.04

04 Dec 15:06

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  • rich (🥇46 · ⭐ 55K · 📈) - Rich is a Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the.. MIT
  • sphinx (🥇44 · ⭐ 7.5K · 📈) - The Sphinx documentation generator. ❗Unlicensed
  • poetry (🥈42 · ⭐ 34K · 📈) - Python packaging and dependency management made easy. MIT
  • tox (🥇40 · ⭐ 3.9K · 📈) - Command line driven CI frontend and development task automation tool. MIT
  • gast (🥈30 · ⭐ 150 · 📈) - Python AST that abstracts the underlying Python version. BSD-3

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  • flake8 (🥇41 · ⭐ 3.7K · 📉) - Flake8 is a wrapper around these tools: PyFlakes; pycodestyle; Ned.. MIT
  • pyright (🥈38 · ⭐ 15K · 📉) - Static Type Checker for Python. MIT
  • twine (🥈37 · ⭐ 1.7K · 📉) - Utilities for interacting with PyPI. Apache-2
  • pyautogui (🥈35 · ⭐ 12K · 💀) - A cross-platform GUI automation Python module for human beings... BSD-3
  • sphinx_rtd_theme (🥈35 · ⭐ 5K · 📉) - Sphinx theme from Read the Docs. MIT

Update: 2025.11.27

27 Nov 15:58

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  • pre-commit (🥇43 · ⭐ 15K · 📈) - A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit.. MIT
  • flake8 (🥇42 · ⭐ 3.7K · 📈) - Flake8 is a wrapper around these tools: PyFlakes; pycodestyle; Ned.. MIT
  • pipx (🥈38 · ⭐ 12K · 📈) - Install and Run Python Applications in Isolated Environments. MIT
  • autopep8 (🥉37 · ⭐ 4.7K · 📈) - A tool that automatically formats Python code to conform to the PEP.. MIT
  • colorlog (🥈32 · ⭐ 940 · 📈) - A colored formatter for the python logging module. MIT

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  • pip (🥇46 · ⭐ 10K · 📉) - The Python package installer. MIT
  • jedi (🥇41 · ⭐ 6.1K · 📉) - Awesome autocompletion, static analysis and refactoring library for python. MIT
  • wemake-python-styleguide (🥇37 · ⭐ 2.8K · 📉) - The strictest and most opinionated python linter ever!. MIT
  • PDM (🥉36 · ⭐ 8.5K · 📉) - A modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP.. MIT
  • Scalene (🥈34 · ⭐ 13K · 📉) - Scalene: a high-performance, high-precision CPU, GPU, and memory.. Apache-2