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id: appium-python-client
version: "6.0.0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# Appium-Python-Client — Python client for Appium

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 4.7M/mo

## What it is and what it does

Appium Python Client is a Selenium-based library that adds mobile-specific automation capabilities to Python test scripts. It wraps the WebDriver Protocol and Appium server commands, allowing developers to write tests that control iOS, Android, and other mobile platforms using familiar Selenium syntax. The library depends on selenium and typing-extensions, and is designed to work alongside an Appium server instance that communicates with actual devices or emulators.

The package is production-ready (Development Status 5) and actively maintained, with recent releases addressing API changes and migration paths from older versions. It supports modern Python versions (3.10–3.14) and provides helper classes for platform-specific options (e.g., UiAutomator2Options for Android, XCUITestOptions for iOS). Users typically instantiate a webdriver.Remote connection to an Appium server, then use standard WebDriver actions and Appium-specific mobile extensions to interact with app elements.

Use it for:

- Automate functional testing of native Android apps using UiAutomator2 or other Appium drivers.
- Write cross-platform mobile test suites that run on both iOS and Android with shared test logic.
- Perform UI automation and regression testing on mobile applications as part of CI/CD pipelines.
- Validate app behavior under touch interactions, swipes, and other mobile-specific gestures using W3C WebDriver actions.
- Test hybrid mobile apps (web views embedded in native apps) by combining Appium's mobile context switching with Selenium's web automation.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Extends Selenium Python bindings with Appium-specific commands and WebDriver Protocol support for automated mobile app testing on iOS, Android, and other platforms.

Yes. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive Apache-2.0 license, and is the standard Python client for Appium mobile testing. It has no known vulnerabilities and integrates seamlessly with selenium. Install it if you need to automate mobile app testing; it is the expected tool for this purpose in Python.

## Install

pip install appium-python-client
uv add appium-python-client
poetry add appium-python-client

## Installing Appium-Python-Client

Before you install: Low friction install with only two runtime dependencies (selenium and typing-extensions). Actively maintained with a recent release; repository shows 1839 stars and last commit on 2026-08-14. Requires Python 3.10 or later.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions—suitable for most development and testing scenarios.

Quickstart:

pip install Appium-Python-Client

from appium import webdriver
from appium.options.android import UiAutomator2Options

options = UiAutomator2Options().load_capabilities({'platformName': 'Android'})
driver = webdriver.Remote('http://127.0.0.1:4723', options=options)

Requires a running Appium server (typically at http://127.0.0.1:4723) and a connected mobile device or emulator configured for testing.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package works with Python 3.14 in practice (listed in classifiers but relatively new).
- Specific version compatibility with selenium versions beyond 4.26.0 and the behavior of recent Selenium updates on Appium client stability.

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 4.7M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

mobile app automation testing, appium python client, selenium mobile testing, ios android test automation, webdriver mobile protocol, appium webdriver bindings, mobile ui testing framework, mobile-testing, appium, ui-automation

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