{"categories":[{"label":"Build Tools","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-build-tools/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"rsconnect-python is a command-line tool for deploying applications and content to Posit Connect servers, handling authentication, versioning, and deployment orchestration.","skillfed_tags":["deployment","posit-connect","cli"],"use_cases":["Deploy a Shiny application to a Posit Connect server for team sharing and hosting.","Automate content publishing in CI/CD pipelines using stored server credentials.","Manage multiple Connect server targets and switch between them for different environments.","Publish Python-based analytics or reporting applications without manual server uploads."],"what_it_does":"rsconnect-python is the official command-line interface for Posit Connect, a content publishing platform. It provides a streamlined way to authenticate with a Connect server, store credentials locally, and deploy applications and content from your development environment to a remote server.\n\nThe tool depends on standard Python packages for CLI interaction (click), JWT authentication (pyjwt), semantic versioning (semver), and configuration management (toml). It's designed to be installed as a standalone tool via uv or pipx, or integrated into a project's dependencies. Deployment workflows typically involve one-time credential setup followed by simple deploy commands tied to your application files.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you deploy to Posit Connect. The tool is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries no security vulnerabilities, and is the standard way to publish Python content to Connect servers. Not relevant if you don't use Posit Connect."},"id":"rsconnect-python","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/rsconnect-python","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/rsconnect-python.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/rsconnect-python/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-07-16","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"unclear","name":"rsconnect-python","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"The Posit Connect command-line interface."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":172182,"position":10346,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.30.0"}