pypa/installer

A low-level library for installing from a Python wheel distribution.

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installer

This is a low-level library for installing a Python package from a wheel distribution. It provides basic functionality and abstractions for handling wheels and installing packages from wheels.

  • Logic for "unpacking" a wheel (i.e. installation).
  • Abstractions for various parts of the unpacking process.
  • Extensible simple implementations of the abstractions.
  • Platform-independent Python script wrapper generation.

You can read more in the documentation.

python
wheel

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pypa/installer

A low-level library for installing from a Python wheel distribution.

Python

148

459 commits

updated Sep 21, 2026

See the code

README

installer

This is a low-level library for installing a Python package from a wheel distribution. It provides basic functionality and abstractions for handling wheels and installing packages from wheels.

  • Logic for "unpacking" a wheel (i.e. installation).
  • Abstractions for various parts of the unpacking process.
  • Extensible simple implementations of the abstractions.
  • Platform-independent Python script wrapper generation.

You can read more in the documentation.

python
wheel

Contributors

(top 30 of 33)

pradyunsg

243 commits

FFY00

21 commits

Secrus

18 commits

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