pypa/pyproject-hooks

A low-level library for calling build-backends in `pyproject.toml`-based project

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``pyproject-hooks``
===================

This is a low-level library for calling build-backends in ``pyproject.toml``-based project. It provides the basic functionality to help write tooling that generates distribution files from Python projects.

If you want a tool that builds Python packages, you'll want to use https://github.com/pypa/build instead. This is an underlying piece for `pip`, `build` and other "build frontends" use to call "build backends" within them.

You can read more in the `documentation <https://pyproject-hooks.readthedocs.io/>`_.

  Note: The ``pep517`` project has been replaced by this project (low level) and the ``build`` project (high level).

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packaging
python

Significant stargazers

Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin

322 followers · starred Aug 2018

Wong Hoi Sing Edison

107 followers · starred Feb 2023

Sadra Yahyapour

629 followers · starred Dec 2023

Albert Tugushev

96 followers · starred Mar 2021

pypa/pyproject-hooks

A low-level library for calling build-backends in `pyproject.toml`-based project

Python

130

456 commits

updated Sep 16, 2026

See the code

README

``pyproject-hooks``
===================

This is a low-level library for calling build-backends in ``pyproject.toml``-based project. It provides the basic functionality to help write tooling that generates distribution files from Python projects.

If you want a tool that builds Python packages, you'll want to use https://github.com/pypa/build instead. This is an underlying piece for `pip`, `build` and other "build frontends" use to call "build backends" within them.

You can read more in the `documentation <https://pyproject-hooks.readthedocs.io/>`_.

  Note: The ``pep517`` project has been replaced by this project (low level) and the ``build`` project (high level).

Not written in Markdown, so it's shown here as plain text — view it formatted on GitHub.

packaging
python

Significant stargazers

Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin

322 followers · starred Aug 2018

Wong Hoi Sing Edison

107 followers · starred Feb 2023

Sadra Yahyapour

629 followers · starred Dec 2023

Albert Tugushev

96 followers · starred Mar 2021