{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/11"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides a pure-Python interface to Windows APIs via ctypes, allowing developers to call Windows system functions directly from Python code without compiled extensions.","skillfed_tags":["windows-specific","ctypes","system-integration"],"use_cases":["Add Unix-compatible symlink support to Python code running on Windows Vista or later.","Access Windows registry, file system metadata, or other Windows APIs from pure Python without writing C extensions.","Monkeypatch the os module in a sitecustomize or usercustomize file to enable cross-platform symlink code.","Integrate Windows system calls into cross-platform applications that need Windows-specific behavior."],"what_it_does":"jaraco.windows is a pure-Python wrapper around Windows system APIs using ctypes, designed to provide access to Windows-specific functionality as needed by contributors rather than as an exhaustive API surface. It includes modules for filesystem operations, registry access, and other Windows system interactions, all implemented without compiled extensions.\n\nThe package is most commonly used to add Unix-like symlink support to the os module on Windows systems. By importing and calling the filesystem module's patch function, developers can use os.symlink and os.readlink on Windows Vista and later with the same interface as Unix, with an additional optional parameter to specify directory targets. It depends on a suite of jaraco utility packages for iteration, UI, collections, text, and functional programming helpers.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you are developing on Windows and need access to Windows APIs or cross-platform symlink support. The package is stable (Production/Stable status), actively maintained, MIT-licensed, and has low install friction. It is Windows-only and requires Python 3.9+, so it is not suitable for non-Windows platforms."},"id":"jaraco-windows","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/jaraco-windows","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/jaraco-windows.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/jaraco-windows/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2025-05-29","license_spdx":"MIT","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"jaraco.windows","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Windows Routines by Jason R. Coombs"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":81813,"position":14199,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"5.10.0"}