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behave

behave

BDD, Python style.
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Monthly downloads
3.4M
Weekly downloads
869.3K
GitHub stars *
3.5K

Downloads in the 30 and 7 days to October 10, 2026. Refreshed weekly.

Package Information

Latest Version
1.3.3
Requires Python
!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,>=2.7
Licence
BSD-2-Clause
Last Release
1 year ago
Author
Benno Rice, Richard Jones
First Release
December 5, 2011
Total Releases
16
Python Versions
2 2.7 3 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13
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The current version has no OSV.dev malware reports and no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities.

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
80
Popularity
77
Adoption
80
Community
70
Provenance
100
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
12 days ago
Monthly downloads
3,431,028
• Active
Activity within 30 days
Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
3,431,028
Stars
3,538
Stars per 1k downloads
1.03
Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
• Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
124,182
Month daily avg
114,368
Momentum
+8.6%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
More insights and metrics
Python version support tiers
requires_python
!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,>=2.7
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.14 or newer
Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.11 to 3.13
• Legacy
Supports 3.10 or older (or Python 2)
Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
License categories
License
BSD-2-Clause
• Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
406 days ago
Total releases
16
Releases/year
1.1
Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
Regular
Last release within 365 days
• Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
96
Monthly downloads
3,431,028
High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
• Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
91
 
Issue Burden
14.4
per 1k stars
Discussions
16.4
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
14.3%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
394d
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 
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Downloads by OS

Linux 65.5K
Windows 1.9K
macOS 729

Python Versions

3.12
35.6% 21.5K
3.13
20.1% 12.1K
3.11
18.0% 10.9K
3.10
16.7% 10.1K
3.14
9.6% 5.8K

Top Countries

1. US US
47.0K
2. DE DE
5.8K
3. IE IE
3.4K
4. FI FI
3.2K
5. NL NL
3.1K
6. GB GB
1.4K
7. IN IN
511
8. SE SE
455
9. JP JP
394
10. FR FR
380

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars *

Dependencies

15
33 optional dependencies
  • assertpy>=1.1[testing]
    extra == "testing"
  • behave-html-formatter>=0.9.10[formatters]
    python_version >= "3.6" and extra == "formatters"
  • behave-html-pretty-formatter>=1.9.1[formatters]
    python_version >= "3.6" and extra == "formatters"
  • build>=0.5.1[develop]
    extra == "develop"
  • chardet[testing]
    extra == "testing"
  • coverage>=5.0[develop]
    extra == "develop"
  • freezegun>=1.5.1[testing]
    python_version > "3.7" and extra == "testing"
  • furo>=2024.04.27[docs]
    python_version >= "3.8" and extra == "docs"
  • invoke<2.0,>=1.7.0[develop]
    python_version < "3.6" and extra == "develop"
  • mock<4.0[develop]
    python_version < "3.6" and extra == "develop"
  • mock<4.0[testing]
    python_version < "3.6" and extra == "testing"
  • modernize>=0.5[develop]
    extra == "develop"
  • path>=13.1.0[testing]
    python_version >= "3.5" and extra == "testing"
  • path>=13.1.0[develop]
    python_version >= "3.5" and extra == "develop"
  • path-py<13.0,>=11.5.0[testing]
    python_version < "3.5" and extra == "testing"
  • path-py>=11.5.0[develop]
    python_version < "3.5" and extra == "develop"
  • pycmd[develop]
    extra == "develop"
  • pyhamcrest>=2.0.2[develop]
    python_version >= "3.0" and extra == "develop"
  • pyhamcrest>=2.0.2[testing]
    python_version >= "3.0" and extra == "testing"
  • pylint[develop]
    extra == "develop"
  • pytest<5.0,>=4.2[develop]
    python_version < "3.0" and extra == "develop"
  • pytest<5.0[testing]
    python_version < "3.0" and extra == "testing"
  • pytest-cov[develop]
    extra == "develop"
  • pytest-html<2.0,>=1.19.0[testing]
    python_version < "3.0" and extra == "testing"
  • pytest-html<2.0,>=1.19.0[develop]
    python_version < "3.0" and extra == "develop"
  • ruff[develop]
    python_version >= "3.7" and extra == "develop"
  • sphinx>=7.4.0[docs]
    python_version >= "3.7" and extra == "docs"
  • sphinx-copybutton>=0.5.2[docs]
    python_version >= "3.7" and extra == "docs"
  • sphinxcontrib-applehelp>=1.0.8[docs]
    python_version >= "3.7" and extra == "docs"
  • sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp>=2.0.5[docs]
    python_version >= "3.7" and extra == "docs"
  • tox<4.0,>=3.28.0[develop]
    extra == "develop"
  • twine>=1.13.0[develop]
    extra == "develop"
  • virtualenv>=20.26.6[develop]
    python_version >= "3.7" and extra == "develop"

Used By

119
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Repository details

Forks
669
Issues
51
Last Commit
1 week ago
Contributors
96
Open PRs
21
Archived
No

Data and sources

Tracking Since
September 26, 2026
Data Updated
October 11, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh
Keywords
BDD behavior-driven-development bdd-framework behave gherkin cucumber-like
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