PyRank
psycopg

psycopg-binary

New generation PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python programming language
PyPI GitHub
No known security advisories. The current version has no OSV.dev malware reports and no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities.

psycopg-binary has 88.5M monthly downloads and 2K GitHub stars. Version 3.3.4 supports Python 3.10+, first published in 2021.

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

It is used by 112 tracked packages, including pgcli, r2r and qubx.

GitHub topics include database, development and postgresql.

Shared Repository
This package shares its GitHub repository (psycopg/psycopg) with 4 other packages. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
3.0M
Week
20.9M
Month
88.5M
Stars
2.4K
Forks
251
Issues
38
Version
3.3.4

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
90
Popularity
71
Adoption
80
Community
70
Provenance
0
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
8 days ago
Monthly downloads
88,517,810
• 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
88,517,810
Stars
2,434
Stars per 1k downloads
0.03
• 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
2,981,044
Month daily avg
2,950,594
Momentum
+1.0%
((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
LGPL-3.0-only
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
66 days ago
Total releases
59
Releases/year
12.2
• 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
91
Monthly downloads
88,517,810
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
84
 
Issue Burden
15.6
per 1k stars
Discussions
72.3
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
36.3%
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 2.3M
Windows 21.8K
macOS 19.2K

Python Versions

3.13
36.9% 837.5K
3.12
33.7% 763.5K
3.11
15.9% 359.7K
3.14
8.1% 182.7K
3.10
5.5% 124.7K

Top Countries

1. US US
1.9M
2. DE DE
120.2K
3. SG SG
67.8K
4. IE IE
45.3K
5. NL NL
29.5K
6. GB GB
25.2K
7. FR FR
20.5K
8. IN IN
19.7K
9. CA CA
11.8K
10. SE SE
11.6K
GitHub Topics
Tags from the package's GitHub repository describing what it does.

Package Information

License
LGPL-3.0-only
First Release
August 30, 2021
Last Release
2 months ago
Last Commit
1 week ago
Latest Version
3.3.4
Total Releases
59
Contributors
91
Open PRs
26
Archived
No
Python Versions
3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14
Wheels
cp310 cp311 cp312 cp313 cp314 cp36 cp37 cp38 cp39
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
July 5, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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