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theskumar

python-dotenv

Reads key-value pairs from a .env file and can set them as environment variables. It helps in developing applications following the 12-factor principles.
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Shared Repository

This package shares its GitHub repository (theskumar/python-dotenv) with 2 other packages. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
22.0M
Week
126.4M
Month
574.5M
Stars
8.8K
Forks
521
Issues
52
Version
1.2.2

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0–100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
90
Popularity
82
Adoption
70
Community
70
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
16 days ago
Monthly downloads
574,453,506
• 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
574,453,506
Stars
8,753
Stars per 1k downloads
0.02
• 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
18,063,939
Month daily avg
19,148,450
Momentum
-5.7%
((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
66 days ago
Total releases
50
Releases/year
4.3
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
101
Monthly downloads
574,453,506
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
60
 
Issue Burden
5.9
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
19.4%
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 12.6M
Windows 308.3K
macOS 150.2K

Python Versions

3.12
36.7% 4.6M
3.11
24.6% 3.1M
3.10
21.9% 2.7M
3.13
12.5% 1.6M
3.14
4.4% 554.2K

Top Countries

1. US US
9.4M
2. GB GB
481.8K
3. DE DE
478.9K
4. SG SG
381.6K
5. IE IE
300.0K
6. NL NL
259.4K
7. IN IN
157.5K
8. FR FR
154.3K
9. JP JP
148.4K
10. CA CA
122.4K

Package Information

License
BSD-3-Clause
First Release
September 8, 2014
Last Release
2 months ago
Last Commit
2 weeks ago
Latest Version
1.2.2
Total Releases
50
Contributors
101
Open PRs
37
Archived
No
Python Versions
3 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14
Wheels
py2 py3
Keywords
environment variables deployments settings env dotenv configurations python
Topics
python devops-tools dotenv 12-factor-app configuration env environment-variables
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
May 3, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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