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libretro-py

A Python binding for libretro. Intended for writing test scripts for cores, but can be used for any purpose.
PyPI GitHub
Downloads
Day
19
Week
123
Month
2.0K
Stars
17
Forks
4
Issues
6
Version
0.7.1

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0–100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
90
Popularity
24
Adoption
32
Community
20
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
23 days ago
Monthly downloads
1,988
• 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
1,988
Stars
17
Stars per 1k downloads
8.55
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
18
Month daily avg
66
Momentum
—
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Momentum not reported for packages with < 5,000 monthly downloads — percentages are noisy at low volume.
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.12
• 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
MIT
• 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
23 days ago
Total releases
22
Releases/year
10.8
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
2
Monthly downloads
1,988
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
31
 
Issue Burden
-
per 1k stars
Discussions
-
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
50.0%
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

No OS data available

Python Versions

No Python version data available

Top Countries

1. US US
4
2. CA CA
1

Dependencies

1
20 optional dependencies

Used By

0
Not used by any tracked packages

Package Information

License
MIT
First Release
April 21, 2024
Last Release
3 weeks ago
Last Commit
3 weeks ago
Latest Version
0.7.1
Total Releases
22
Contributors
2
Open PRs
0
Archived
No
Python Versions
3.12 3.13 3.14
Keywords
libretro retroarch emulation testing retrogaming
Topics
ctypes emulation emulator libretro libretro-api libretro-cores libretro-frontend retro retroarch retrocomputing retrogaming test-automation testing testing-tools
Tracking Since
January 14, 2026
Data Updated
May 3, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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