https://github.com/pypa/installer

A low-level library for installing from a Python wheel distribution.
https://github.com/pypa/installer

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

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pypa/installer
• Owner: pypa
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-04-11T19:32:09.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-28T12:54:00.000Z (about 1 month ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-01T13:57:47.779Z (26 days ago)
• Topics: python, wheel
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://installer.readthedocs.io/
• Size: 886 KB
• Stars: 136
• Watchers: 15
• Forks: 53
• Open Issues: 27
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# installer

This is a low-level library for installing a Python package from a

[wheel distribution](https://packaging.python.org/glossary/#term-Wheel). 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](https://installer.rtfd.io/).