PyRank
gvalkov

evdev

Python bindings for the Linux input subsystem
PyPI GitHub
No known security advisories. The current version has no OSV.dev malware reports and no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities.

evdev has 1.2M monthly downloads and 384 GitHub stars. Version 1.9.3 supports Python 3.9+, first published in 2012.

It is stably maintained under a permissive license, last released in Feb 2026.

It is used by 114 tracked packages, including pynput, plover and ds4drv.

Shared Repository
This package shares its GitHub repository (gvalkov/python-evdev) with 1 other package. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
29.6K
Week
211.2K
Month
1.2M
Stars
384
Forks
124
Issues
58
Version
1.9.3

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
65
Popularity
57
Adoption
60
Community
70
Provenance
0
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
151 days ago
Monthly downloads
1,229,385
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
1,229,385
Stars
384
Stars per 1k downloads
0.31
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
30,168
Month daily avg
40,980
Momentum
-26.4%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.9
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
• Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
License categories
License
BSD-3-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
151 days ago
Total releases
40
Releases/year
2.8
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
49
Monthly downloads
1,229,385
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
68
 
Issue Burden
151.0
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
39.5%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 17.5K
Windows 250
macOS 169

Python Versions

3.12
45.2% 7.1K
3.10
19.0% 3.0K
3.11
18.8% 3.0K
3.13
10.3% 1.6K
3.14
6.8% 1.1K

Top Countries

1. US US
13.8K
2. TW TW
825
3. IE IE
642
4. SG SG
311
5. CN CN
283
6. GB GB
279
7. DE DE
247
8. NL NL
199
9. HK HK
188
10. JP JP
149

Package Information

License
BSD-3-Clause
First Release
May 17, 2012
Last Release
5 months ago
Last Commit
5 months ago
Latest Version
1.9.3
Total Releases
40
Contributors
49
Open PRs
4
Archived
No
Python Versions
3
Keywords
evdev input uinput
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
July 5, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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