PyRank
globocom

m3u8

Python m3u8 Parser for HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) Transmissions
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No known security advisories. The current version has no OSV.dev malware reports and no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities.

m3u8 has 1.5M monthly downloads and 2K GitHub stars. Version 6.0.0 supports Python 3.7+, first published in 2012.

It is showing limited recent maintenance under a permissive license, last released in Aug 2024.

It is used by 127 tracked packages, including pywiim, twikit and abstract-webtools.

GitHub topics include hls, m3u8 and parser.

Shared Repository
This package shares its GitHub repository (globocom/m3u8) with 1 other package. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
22.4K
Week
172.6K
Month
1.5M
Stars
2.3K
Forks
490
Issues
23
Version
6.0.0

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
40
Popularity
73
Adoption
60
Community
90
Provenance
0
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
521 days ago
Monthly downloads
1,529,958
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
1,529,958
Stars
2,266
Stars per 1k downloads
1.48
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
24,655
Month daily avg
50,999
Momentum
-51.7%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.7
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
MIT
• 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
699 days ago
Total releases
60
Releases/year
4.2
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
118
Monthly downloads
1,529,958
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
79
 
Issue Burden
10.2
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.4
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
24.1%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
177d
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

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

Downloads by OS

Linux 17.9K
Windows 1.4K
macOS 609

Python Versions

3.14
45.0% 8.5K
3.12
23.3% 4.4K
3.11
15.2% 2.9K
3.13
10.4% 2.0K
3.10
6.0% 1.1K

Top Countries

1. US US
13.9K
2. DE DE
741
3. CN CN
461
4. FR FR
432
5. SG SG
375
6. GB GB
295
7. IN IN
259
8. NL NL
251
9. IT IT
226
10. FI FI
214
GitHub Topics
Tags from the package's GitHub repository describing what it does.

Package Information

License
MIT
First Release
May 18, 2012
Last Release
1 year ago
Last Commit
1 year ago
Latest Version
6.0.0
Total Releases
60
Contributors
118
Open PRs
20
Archived
No
Author
Globo.com
Wheels
py2 py3
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
July 5, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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