Why we built PythonWD

Windows-based Python teams kept re-building the same three things: an internal package mirror, a telemetry pipeline for their applications, and a pile of scripts to make dependency resolution behave on Windows. PythonWD packages all of it into one SDK and distribution platform so teams can spend their time shipping software instead of maintaining infrastructure.

The project started as an internal tool for platform engineering teams working in regulated, often air-gapped, Windows environments — and grew into a general-purpose PyPI-compatible mirror and telemetry service used by thousands of organizations today.

about.py
import pythonwd

print(pythonwd.__version__)      # "3.14.3"
print(pythonwd.__license__)      # "MIT"
print(pythonwd.__source__)       # "https://github.com/pythonwd"
License

MIT Licensed

PythonWD's SDK and CLI are free to use, modify, and redistribute under the MIT License.

MIT License Copyright (c) 2024 PythonWD Project Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Community

Contributors

PythonWD is maintained by a small core team and a growing group of community contributors.

SK
Sara Kim Core Maintainer
DR
Daniel Ruiz Core Maintainer
AT
Amara Thompson Windows Tooling
MP
Marcus Patel Mirror Infrastructure
LC
Lena Chen Telemetry & Metrics
JB
Jordan Blake Security & SSO
NW
Nadia Wolski Documentation
TO
Tomás Oliveira Community Support

Want to contribute?

Issues, pull requests, and docs improvements are always welcome on GitHub.