aspy.yaml
A few extensions to pyyaml.
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No. The package is archived and abandoned since 2020 with no maintenance. Only install if you have a specific legacy dependency and are prepared to maintain a fork or migrate to an alternative.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Low install friction with a single pure-Python dependency.
- However, the package is archived and abandoned since 2020, with no maintenance activity for over 2640 days.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive and imposes no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in proprietary or open-source projects.
last release 2019-05-23 (2640 days) · last repo commit 2020-02-01 · 8 stars · archived
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 165,852 downloads/mo, #10,514 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install aspy.yaml
from aspy.yaml import ordered_load
ordered_load('foo: bar\nbar: baz\nherp: derp\n')- Whether modern Python versions and current pyyaml releases remain compatible with this unmaintained package.
- Whether built-in dict ordering reduces the need for this extension in contemporary codebases.
What it is and what it does
aspy.yaml wraps pyyaml to provide ordered_load and ordered_dump functions that preserve the order of dictionary keys when reading and writing YAML. This is useful when you need YAML files to maintain a specific key sequence, which matters for human readability or when order carries semantic meaning in your configuration format.
The package depends only on pyyaml and installs as a pure-Python wheel with low friction. However, it has been archived and unmaintained since 2020. You should verify whether this package remains necessary for your use case before adopting it.
Use it for
- Load YAML configuration files and preserve the order of top-level keys for reproducible output.
- Dump OrderedDict objects back to YAML while maintaining the insertion order of keys.
- Integrate with codebases that rely on ordered YAML semantics and cannot upgrade.
- Generate YAML with a specific key order for consistency or readability.
Worth the install?
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No.
The package is archived and abandoned since 2020 with no maintenance. Only install if you have a specific legacy dependency and are prepared to maintain a fork or migrate to an alternative.
Install
aspy-yaml on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a single pure-Python dependency. However, the package is archived and abandoned since 2020, with no maintenance activity for over 2640 days.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive and imposes no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in proprietary or open-source projects.
Quickstart
pip install aspy.yaml
from aspy.yaml import ordered_load
ordered_load('foo: bar\nbar: baz\nherp: derp\n')Verify before relying
- Whether modern Python versions and current pyyaml releases remain compatible with this unmaintained package.
- Whether built-in dict ordering reduces the need for this extension in contemporary codebases.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.* |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagepyyaml |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 2,640 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | repository archived |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 165,852 / month, #10,514 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 2Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy |
Evidence: aspy.yaml-1.3.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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