{"categories":[{"label":"Build Tools","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-build-tools"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"A PEP 517 build backend that creates stub packages on PyPI pointing to wheels hosted on third-party package indexes, letting users install them with standard `pip install` commands.","skillfed_tags":["pep-517","package-distribution","build-backend"],"use_cases":["Distribute specialized wheels from a third-party index without requiring users to configure custom pip settings.","Create a PyPI presence for packages that must remain on a non-PyPI index due to licensing or dependency constraints.","Simplify installation UX for end users who should not need to know about alternative package indexes.","Bridge a third-party index and PyPI for packages that cannot be directly mirrored to PyPI.","Host wheels on a dedicated index while letting users install via standard `pip install` commands."],"what_it_does":"wheel-stub is a PEP 517 build backend that solves the problem of distributing wheels hosted on non-PyPI indexes while preserving the standard `pip install` user experience. Instead of requiring users to specify custom index URLs or download wheels manually, you configure wheel-stub in your pyproject.toml with a third-party index URL, and it generates a stub package on PyPI that redirects pip to fetch the actual wheel from that index.\n\nThe backend has no runtime dependencies and supports Python 3.8 through 3.13 on CPython and PyPy. It vendors its own copies of packaging and tomli to avoid external dependencies. Configuration is minimal: you specify the index URL and optionally control whether to error if the wheel cannot be found, or whether to include CUDA debuginfo in error messages.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need to host wheels on a non-PyPI index and want users to install them with standard pip commands. The package is low-friction to install and has no runtime dependencies. However, maintenance is aging (189 days since last release), so verify it still works with your Python version and index before adopting in production. No known security vulnerabilities."},"id":"wheel-stub","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/wheel-stub","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/wheel-stub.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/wheel-stub/"},"maintenance":{"status":"aging"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-02-06","license_spdx":"Apache-2.0","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"wheel-stub","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"wheel stub package build backend"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":1757558,"position":3587,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.5.0"}