PyRank
pypa

pip

The Python package installer
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pip has 647.4M monthly downloads and 10K GitHub stars. Version 26.1.2 supports Python 3.10+, first published in 2008.

It is actively maintained under a permissive license, last released in May 2026.

It is used by 1,316 tracked packages, including pip-api, pip-tools and flit.

GitHub topics include packaging.

Shared Repository
This package shares its GitHub repository (pypa/pip) with 3 other packages. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
19.0M
Week
132.3M
Month
647.4M
Stars
10.2K
Forks
3.3K
Issues
917
Version
26.1.2

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
100
Popularity
86
Adoption
60
Community
100
Provenance
100
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
0 days ago
Monthly downloads
647,353,586
• 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
647,353,586
Stars
10,227
Stars per 1k downloads
0.02
• 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
18,897,681
Month daily avg
21,578,453
Momentum
-12.4%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.10
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
36 days ago
Total releases
158
Releases/year
8.9
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
780
Monthly downloads
647,353,586
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
80
 
Issue Burden
89.7
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
23.5%
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 13.0M
Windows 654.7K
macOS 113.7K

Python Versions

3.10
31.5% 3.8M
3.12
27.9% 3.3M
3.11
26.1% 3.1M
3.9
7.8% 937.2K
3.13
6.7% 799.2K

Top Countries

1. US US
9.0M
2. IN IN
1.9M
3. DE DE
416.1K
4. IE IE
382.0K
5. SG SG
370.5K
6. NL NL
357.0K
7. GB GB
142.5K
8. JP JP
131.4K
9. CA CA
93.7K
10. AU AU
87.7K
GitHub Topics
Tags from the package's GitHub repository describing what it does.

Package Information

License
MIT
First Release
October 28, 2008
Last Release
1 month ago
Last Commit
6 hr ago
Latest Version
26.1.2
Total Releases
158
Contributors
780
Open PRs
102
Archived
No
Python Versions
3 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14
Wheels
py2 py3
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
July 5, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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