packaging
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packaging last released 26.3 on 2026-08-04. Its latest version requires Python >=3.9.
Facts
- Latest release
- 26.3, (2 months ago)
- First published
- (12 years ago)
- Releases in the last 12 months
- 7
- Median days between releases
- 46
- Median days between major versions
- 366
- Monthly downloads
- 2,253,382,953
- License
- Apache-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause
- Repository
- github.com/pypa/packaging
- Source
- pypi.org (checked 2026-10-19)
Major versions
13 major versions have been published.
| Major | First version | First released | Latest version | Latest released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 26.0rc1 | 2026-01-09 | 26.3 | 2026-08-04 |
| 25 | 25.0 | 2025-04-19 | 25.0 | 2025-04-19 |
| 24 | 24.0 | 2024-03-10 | 24.2 | 2024-11-08 |
| 23 | 23.0 | 2023-01-08 | 23.2 | 2023-10-01 |
| 22 | 22.0 | 2022-12-07 | 22.0 | 2022-12-07 |
| 21 | 21.0 | 2021-07-03 | 21.3 | 2021-11-18 |
| 20 | 20.0 | 2020-01-06 | 20.9 | 2021-01-29 |
| 19 | 19.0 | 2019-01-20 | 19.2 | 2019-09-18 |
| 18 | 18.0 | 2018-09-26 | 18.0 | 2018-09-26 |
| 17 | 17.0 | 2018-02-28 | 17.1 | 2018-02-28 |
| 16 | 16.0 | 2016-01-19 | 16.8 | 2016-10-29 |
| 15 | 15.0 | 2015-01-03 | 15.3 | 2015-08-02 |
| 14 | 14.0 | 2014-09-05 | 14.5 | 2014-12-18 |
Runtime requirements
The latest version of packaging declares these runtime constraints.
| Runtime | Constraint | Minimum version | Since version | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | >=3.9 | 3.9 | 26.3 | 2026-08-04 |
Supported runtimes
The latest version of packaging runs on 7 tracked runtime releases.
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