PyRank
Python-SIP

pyqt5-sip

A Python bindings generator for C/C++ libraries
PyPI GitHub
No known security advisories. The current version has no OSV.dev malware reports and no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities.

pyqt5-sip has 3M monthly downloads and 62 GitHub stars. Version 12.18.0 supports Python 3.10+, first published in 2018.

It is stably maintained under a permissive license, last released in Jan 2026.

It is used by 126 tracked packages, including pyqt5, qscintilla and picard.

Shared Repository
This package shares its GitHub repository (Python-SIP/sip) with 2 other packages. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
91.4K
Week
636.4K
Month
3.0M
Stars
62
Forks
21
Issues
8
Version
12.18.0

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
65
Popularity
38
Adoption
70
Community
40
Provenance
0
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
104 days ago
Monthly downloads
2,988,242
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
2,988,242
Stars
62
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
90,917
Month daily avg
99,608
Momentum
-8.7%
((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
BSD-2-Clause
• 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
174 days ago
Total releases
30
Releases/year
3.7
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
7
Monthly downloads
2,988,242
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
40
 
Issue Burden
-
per 1k stars
Discussions
-
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
33.3%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
69d
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

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

Downloads by OS

Linux 48.5K
Windows 14.6K
macOS 1.4K

Python Versions

3.12
31.8% 18.1K
3.10
26.1% 14.8K
3.11
22.7% 12.9K
3.13
10.4% 5.9K
3.14
8.9% 5.1K

Top Countries

1. US US
34.3K
2. CN CN
4.3K
3. NL NL
4.0K
4. SG SG
3.0K
5. IE IE
2.9K
6. DE DE
2.1K
7. GB GB
1.3K
8. AE AE
1.2K
9. IN IN
1.0K
10. RU RU
999

Package Information

License
BSD-2-Clause
First Release
July 2, 2018
Last Release
5 months ago
Last Commit
3 months ago
Latest Version
12.18.0
Total Releases
30
Contributors
7
Open PRs
0
Archived
No
Author
Phil Thompson
Wheels
cp310 cp311 cp312 cp313 cp314 cp35 cp36 cp37 cp38 cp39
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
July 5, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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