{"categories":[{"label":"Security","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/security/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"pyscard provides Python bindings to interact with smartcard readers and cards, enabling applications to read, write, and authenticate using physical smartcards.","skillfed_tags":["smartcard-hardware","authentication"],"use_cases":["Read and verify data from government-issued ID cards or passports in identity verification workflows.","Implement smartcard-based authentication for secure access control or two-factor authentication systems.","Build payment or banking applications that interact with credit or debit cards.","Develop security token management tools that communicate with hardware security modules.","Create diagnostic or testing utilities for smartcard reader hardware and card compatibility validation."],"what_it_does":"pyscard is a Python library that bridges your application to smartcard readers and the cards themselves. It provides both high-level and low-level APIs for reading card data, executing commands, and managing authentication workflows. The library wraps the underlying platform smartcard infrastructure and exposes it through Python, so you can enumerate readers, establish connections, and send commands without dealing directly with system-level card interfaces.\n\nThe package is production-stable and actively maintained, supporting Python 3.9 through 3.13 with prebuilt wheels for Windows, macOS, and Unix. Its single runtime dependency is typing_extensions, keeping the footprint minimal. It's useful for applications that need to interact with government ID cards, payment cards, security tokens, or other smartcards.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need to interact with smartcards. The library is production-stable, actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and supports modern Python versions. Install friction is moderate due to platform-specific dependencies, but prebuilt wheels are available. The copyleft license (LGPLv2+) is standard for this domain and poses no barrier for most use cases."},"id":"pyscard","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pyscard","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pyscard.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/pyscard/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2025-10-29","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"copyleft","name":"pyscard","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Smartcard module for Python."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":84358,"position":14003,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"2.3.1"}