apache-flink-libraries
Apache Flink Libraries
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Yes, if you are building or deploying Apache Flink applications in Python. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, supports Python 3.9 through 3.12, and carries a permissive Apache 2.0 license. Verify first whether you need both this package and apache-flink itself, and whether your deployment environment includes a running Flink cluster.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9 or later; a running Flink cluster or standalone environment may be required depending on your use case.
- Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution.
- Actively maintained as of 53 days ago, supporting Python 3.9 through 3.12 and marked Production/Stable.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — Apache 2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; you must include a copy of the license and state significant changes.
last release 2026-06-22 (53 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 140,092 downloads/mo, #11,277 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install apache-flink-libraries==2.3.0
import apache_flink_libraries- Whether this package alone is sufficient to run Flink jobs or if apache-flink must be installed separately.
- Whether a running Flink cluster or standalone environment is required to use this package.
- What specific 'needed libraries' are bundled and whether they are also available as separate dependencies.
What it is and what it does
apache-flink-libraries is a support package that bundles required libraries for Apache Flink, a distributed processing engine designed for stateful computations over both unbounded (streaming) and bounded (batch) data streams. Flink is built to run across common cluster environments and execute computations at in-memory speed and arbitrary scale.
This package provides the foundational libraries that Flink depends on, allowing Python developers to set up the necessary components for distributed data processing. It supports Python 3.9 through 3.12 and installs with minimal friction as a pure-wheel distribution. The package is marked Production/Stable and actively maintained.
Use it for
- Setting up Flink's Python environment for real-time stream processing pipelines in a distributed cluster.
- Bundling required dependencies when deploying Flink-based data processing jobs across multiple nodes.
- Preparing the library stack for stateful event processing and windowed aggregations over continuous data streams.
- Enabling batch processing workloads that require Flink's distributed execution engine across a cluster.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are building or deploying Apache Flink applications in Python.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, supports Python 3.9 through 3.12, and carries a permissive Apache 2.0 license. Verify first whether you need both this package and apache-flink itself, and whether your deployment environment includes a running Flink cluster.
Install
apache-flink-libraries on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution. Actively maintained as of 53 days ago, supporting Python 3.9 through 3.12 and marked Production/Stable.
Requires Python 3.9 or later; a running Flink cluster or standalone environment may be required depending on your use case.
License in practice
Apache 2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; you must include a copy of the license and state significant changes.
Quickstart
pip install apache-flink-libraries==2.3.0
import apache_flink_librariesVerify before relying
- Whether this package alone is sufficient to run Flink jobs or if apache-flink must be installed separately.
- Whether a running Flink cluster or standalone environment is required to use this package.
- What specific 'needed libraries' are bundled and whether they are also available as separate dependencies.
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 53 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 140,092 / month, #11,277 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableLicense :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
Evidence: apache_flink_libraries-2.3.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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