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python-shell

Run Python scripts from Node.js with simple (but efficient) inter-process communication through stdio

v5.0.0, 11 Feb 2023MIT-Types: BundledNode.js utilities
$ npm install python-shell

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
608k
+506% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
3 years ago
v5.0.0
GitHub stars
2.2k
233 forks
Open issues / PRs
56 / 21
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
15

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0250k500k750k1mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 877.3k (4 Aug 2026)Low 81.7k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

608,045 downloads last week. The 12-month change of +506% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
025 in total
Latest version
5.0.0, 11 Feb 20233 years ago
First published
12 Mar 2014
Last push to GitHub
1 Mar 2026207 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
56
Open pull requests
21
Commits, last 52 weeks
15
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v5 first release 5.0.0, 11 Feb 2023
  2. v4 first release 4.0.0, 11 Feb 2023
  3. v3 first release 3.0.0, 27 Mar 2021
  4. v2 first release 2.0.0, 3 May 2020
  5. v1 first release 1.0.0, 2 Sept 2018
  6. v0 first release 0.0.1, 12 Mar 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
5.0.011 Feb 2023
4.0.011 Feb 2023
3.0.19 Oct 2021
3.0.027 Mar 2021
2.0.320 Nov 2020
2.0.222 Sept 2020
2.0.119 May 2020
2.0.03 May 2020
1.0.84 Aug 2019
1.0.729 Dec 2018
1.0.67 Oct 2018
1.0.57 Oct 2018
1.0.48 Sept 2018
1.0.33 Sept 2018
Module format
-Not determined from package.json
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=0.10
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
53 kB
Dependencies (0)
None
npm install python-shell
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/python-shell@5.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/python-shell@5.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/python-shell@5.0.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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