PyRank
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.
PyPI GitHub
More links
Download Stats Twitter
Monthly downloads
642.2K
Weekly downloads
160.8K
GitHub stars *
15.2K

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

Package Information

Latest Version
4.3
Requires Python
Not specified
Licence
GNU Affero General Public License v3
Last Release
6 days ago
Author
Kay Hayen
First Release
February 25, 2013
Total Releases
387
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
No reported malware or high/critical advisories · Details

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
100
Popularity
87
Adoption
78
Community
70
Provenance
0
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
6 days ago
Monthly downloads
642,224
• 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
642,224
Stars
15,182
Stars per 1k downloads
23.64
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
22,969
Month daily avg
21,407
Momentum
+7.3%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
More insights and metrics
Python version support tiers
requires_python
Not specified
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
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
6 days ago
Total releases
387
Releases/year
28.4
• 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
209
Monthly downloads
642,224
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
11.3
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
26.2%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 
Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 9.7K
Windows 4.4K
macOS 1.1K

Python Versions

3.12
43.0% 5.9K
3.13
22.1% 3.0K
3.11
14.5% 2.0K
3.14
13.1% 1.8K
3.10
7.3% 1.0K

Top Countries

1. US US
10.4K
2. DE DE
921
3. CN CN
744
4. SG SG
478
5. NL NL
465
6. IN IN
276
7. FR FR
257
8. RU RU
215
9. HK HK
186
10. GB GB
177

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars *

Dependencies

0
10 optional dependencies
  • imageio[all]
    extra == "all"
  • imageio[icon-conversion]
    extra == "icon-conversion"
  • setuptools>=42[all]
    extra == "all"
  • setuptools>=42[build-wheel]
    extra == "build-wheel"
  • toml[all]
    extra == "all"
  • toml[build-wheel]
    extra == "build-wheel"
  • wheel[build-wheel]
    extra == "build-wheel"
  • zstandard>=0.15[all]
    extra == "all"
  • zstandard>=0.15[app]
    extra == "app"
  • zstandard>=0.15[onefile]
    extra == "onefile"

Used By

49
View all 49 dependents

Repository details

Forks
797
Issues
171
Last Commit
6 days ago
Contributors
209
Open PRs
11
Archived
No

Data and sources

Tracking Since
September 26, 2026
Data Updated
October 11, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh
Keywords
compiler python nuitka
Sources and methodology