PyPI Stats
rm-hull

luma-led-matrix

Python module to drive LED Matrices & 7-segment displays (MAX7219) and RGB NeoPixels (WS2812 / APA102)
PyPI GitHub
Downloads
Day
15
Week
247
Month
2.0K
Stars
541
Forks
158
Issues
18
Version
1.9.0

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0–100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
60
Popularity
60
Adoption
33
Community
60
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
59 days ago
Monthly downloads
2,039
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
2,039
Stars
541
Stars per 1k downloads
265.33
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
35
Month daily avg
68
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
<4,>=3.9
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
94 days ago
Total releases
5
Releases/year
0.5
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
22
Monthly downloads
2,039
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
54
 
Issue Burden
33.3
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
13.9%
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 17
macOS 2

Python Versions

3.12
52.6% 10
3.13
21.1% 4
3.14
15.8% 3
3.11
10.5% 2

Top Countries

1. US US
10
2. GB GB
3
3. AU AU
2
4. CH CH
2
5. DE DE
2
6. CA CA
1

Dependencies

2
7 optional dependencies

Used By

0
Not used by any tracked packages

Package Information

License
MIT
First Release
January 19, 2017
Last Release
3 months ago
Last Commit
1 month ago
Latest Version
1.9.0
Total Releases
5
Contributors
22
Open PRs
1
Archived
No
Author
Richard Hull
Python Versions
3 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14
Wheels
py2
Keywords
raspberry pi rpi led max7219 matrix seven segment 7 segment neopixel neosegment ws2812 ws281x apa102 unicorn-phat unicorn-hat unicorn-hat-hd
Topics
python led neopixel raspberry-pi max7219 ws2812 spi apa102 dotstar
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
May 3, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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