PyPI Stats
beeware

briefcase

Tools to support converting a Python project into a standalone native application.
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Shared Repository

This package shares its GitHub repository (beeware/briefcase) with 1 other package. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
1.7K
Week
15.1K
Month
57.8K
Stars
3.3K
Forks
490
Issues
164
Version
0.4.2

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0–100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
90
Popularity
76
Adoption
77
Community
80
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
9 days ago
Monthly downloads
57,810
• Active
Activity within 30 days
Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
57,810
Stars
3,265
Stars per 1k downloads
56.48
Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
• Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
2,150
Month daily avg
1,927
Momentum
+11.6%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.10
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
• Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
License categories
License
BSD-3-Clause
• Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
0 days ago
Total releases
63
Releases/year
5.8
Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
• Regular
Last release within 365 days
Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
187
Monthly downloads
57,810
High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
• Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
90
 
Issue Burden
50.2
per 1k stars
Discussions
50.2
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
38.2%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 3.4K
macOS 302
Windows 187

Python Versions

3.12
46.0% 1.7K
3.13
18.6% 687
3.14
17.8% 657
3.9
11.9% 437
3.10
5.6% 208

Top Countries

1. US US
3.3K
2. SG SG
487
3. CN CN
147
4. BR BR
14
5. RU RU
14
6. IN IN
12
7. FR FR
10
8. UA UA
10
9. DE DE
9
10. AU AU
6

Dependencies

18

Used By

13
View all 13 dependents

Package Information

License
BSD-3-Clause
First Release
July 28, 2015
Last Release
16 hr ago
Last Commit
1 week ago
Latest Version
0.4.2
Total Releases
63
Contributors
187
Open PRs
16
Archived
No
Python Versions
3 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14
Wheels
py2 py3
Keywords
app packaging installer macOS iOS android mobile windows linux flatpak appimage deb rpm pkg tvOS watch watchOS wearos web pyscript pyodide
Topics
application python
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
May 3, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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