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dss-extensions

dss-python

Native, "direct" Python bindings (interface) and misc tools for a custom implementation of OpenDSS (EPRI Distribution System Simulator). Based on CFFI, DSS C-API, aiming for full COM API-level compatibility on Windows, Linux and MacOS, while providing various extensions.
PyPI GitHub
Downloads
Day
802
Week
5.7K
Month
28.3K
Stars
71
Forks
5
Issues
5
Version
0.16.0b2

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0–100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
40
Popularity
33
Adoption
44
Community
10
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
679 days ago
Monthly downloads
28,286
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
28,286
Stars
71
Stars per 1k downloads
2.51
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
813
Month daily avg
943
Momentum
-13.8%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.11
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 License
• 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
69 days ago
Total releases
58
Releases/year
7.0
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
2
Monthly downloads
28,286
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
21
 
Issue Burden
-
per 1k stars
Discussions
-
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
40.0%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Active
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

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

Downloads by OS

Linux 433
Windows 75
macOS 2

Python Versions

3.12
81.0% 391
3.13
8.1% 39
3.10
4.1% 20
3.11
4.1% 20
3.14
2.7% 13

Top Countries

1. US US
442
2. CN CN
41
3. FR FR
26
4. IN IN
16
5. SG SG
15
6. NL NL
12
7. TW TW
12
8. DE DE
11
9. AU AU
6
10. BR BR
6

Dependencies

3
12 optional dependencies

Used By

3

Package Information

License
BSD 3-Clause License
First Release
February 8, 2018
Last Release
2 months ago
Last Commit
1 year ago
Latest Version
0.16.0b2
Total Releases
58
Contributors
2
Open PRs
1
Archived
No
Python Versions
3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14
Wheels
cp27 cp35 cp36 cp37 cp38 py3
Keywords
altdss electric power systems opendss opendssdirect powerflow short-circuit
Topics
opendss python electrical-engineering powerflow cffi pypy short-circuit macos linux windows dss interface
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
May 3, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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