---
id: aioboto3
version: "15.5.0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# aioboto3 — Async boto3 wrapper

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install aioboto3
uv add aioboto3
poetry add aioboto3

## Description

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Async AWS SDK for Python
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**Breaking changes for v11: The S3Transfer config passed into upload/download_file etc.. has been updated to that it matches what boto3 uses**

**Breaking changes for v9: aioboto3.resource and aioboto3.client methods no longer exist, make a session then call session.client etc...**
This was done for various reasons but mainly that it prevents the default session living longer than it should as that breaks situations where eventloops are replaced.

**The .client and .resource functions must now be used as async context managers.**

Now that...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Provides async/await wrappers around boto3 and aiobotocore to enable non-blocking AWS API calls, supporting DynamoDB, S3, Kinesis, and other AWS services in async Python applications.

Verdict: A mature, permissively licensed async wrapper for AWS services suitable for production async applications. No known vulnerabilities and low install friction. The aging maintenance status (287 days since last release) is offset by active repository commits and solid community adoption; appropriate for teams already committed to async Python and AWS integration.

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