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Nuitka

nuitka

Nuitka is a Python compiler written in Python. It's fully compatible with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.4-3.14. You feed it your Python app, it does a lot of clever things, and spits out an executable or extension module.
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No known security advisories. The current version has no OSV.dev malware reports and no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities.

nuitka has 459K monthly downloads and 15K GitHub stars. Version 4.1.3, first published in 2013.

It is actively maintained under a copyleft license, last released in Jun 2026.

It is used by 51 tracked packages, including nsfwpy, swingmusic and sylriekit.

GitHub topics include python-compiler, nuitka and programming.

Shared Repository
This package shares its GitHub repository (Nuitka/Nuitka) with 1 other package. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
14.5K
Week
102.6K
Month
458.7K
Stars
15.0K
Forks
786
Issues
161
Version
4.1.3

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
90
Popularity
87
Adoption
66
Community
70
Provenance
0
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
14 days ago
Monthly downloads
458,672
• 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
458,672
Stars
14,967
Stars per 1k downloads
32.63
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
14,653
Month daily avg
15,289
Momentum
-4.2%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
Not specified
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
Package does not declare a minimum Python version.
License categories
License
GNU Affero General Public License v3
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
15 days ago
Total releases
383
Releases/year
28.7
• 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
202
Monthly downloads
458,672
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
60
 
Issue Burden
10.8
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
25.7%
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 5.3K
Windows 1.6K
macOS 313

Python Versions

3.12
39.5% 2.5K
3.13
20.5% 1.3K
3.11
19.6% 1.2K
3.14
12.3% 774
3.10
8.1% 507

Top Countries

1. US US
4.1K
2. IN IN
473
3. CN CN
409
4. DE DE
403
5. JP JP
235
6. NL NL
157
7. SE SE
153
8. ID ID
145
9. SG SG
104
10. GB GB
96
GitHub Topics
Tags from the package's GitHub repository describing what it does.

Package Information

License
GNU Affero General Public License v3
First Release
February 25, 2013
Last Release
2 weeks ago
Last Commit
2 weeks ago
Latest Version
4.1.3
Total Releases
383
Contributors
202
Open PRs
19
Archived
No
Author
Kay Hayen
Python Versions
2.6 2.7 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14
Keywords
compiler python nuitka
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
July 5, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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