boostedblob
Command line tool and async library to perform basic file operations on local paths, Google Cloud Storage paths and Azure Blob Storage paths.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need unified file operations across local, GCS, and Azure Blob Storage. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries no known vulnerabilities, and uses a permissive MIT license. It's well-positioned in the top 5000 packages by download volume. Install it if multi-cloud file handling is part of your workflow; skip it if you only work with a single storage backend.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or better.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel.
- Active maintenance with a release 15 days ago.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, requiring only license and copyright notice retention.
last release 2026-07-30 (15 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 16,598,375 downloads/mo, #1,146 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install boostedblob
# Command-line usage:
bbb --help
bbb ls gs://bucket/path
# Python async usage:
import boostedblob.boost
# See documentation for async library patterns- Specific async API patterns and concurrency-limiting interface details beyond the concurrent.futures-like abstraction mentioned
- Performance characteristics when handling large numbers of files or concurrent operations
- Exact feature parity and differences relative to the blobfile package it derives from
What it is and what it does
boostedblob unifies file operations across local paths, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage through a single command-line tool and Python async library. It abstracts away the differences between these storage backends, letting you use the same operations (ls, cp, rm, etc.) regardless of where your files live. The package is built on aiohttp, lxml, pycryptodomex, and uvloop to handle concurrent operations efficiently.
The library's core feature is a concurrent.futures-like interface for composing and running async tasks within a concurrency limit, exposed through boostedblob/boost.py. This makes it practical to perform bulk operations on cloud storage without overwhelming the network or hitting rate limits. It's useful both as a standalone CLI tool for ad-hoc cloud file management and as a library for Python applications that need to work with multiple storage backends.
Use it for
- Migrate or sync files between local storage and Google Cloud Storage or Azure Blob Storage from the command line
- Write Python scripts that read from or write to cloud storage with the same code path as local files
- Perform bulk file operations (listing, copying, deleting) across cloud storage with built-in concurrency control
- Combine local and cloud file operations in a single workflow without switching tools or libraries
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you need unified file operations across local, GCS, and Azure Blob Storage.
The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries no known vulnerabilities, and uses a permissive MIT license. It's well-positioned in the top 5000 packages by download volume. Install it if multi-cloud file handling is part of your workflow; skip it if you only work with a single storage backend.
Install
boostedblob on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel. Requires Python 3.10 or better. Active maintenance with a release 15 days ago.
Requires Python 3.10 or better.
License in practice
MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, requiring only license and copyright notice retention.
Quickstart
pip install boostedblob
# Command-line usage:
bbb --help
bbb ls gs://bucket/path
# Python async usage:
import boostedblob.boost
# See documentation for async library patternsVerify before relying
- Specific async API patterns and concurrency-limiting interface details beyond the concurrent.futures-like abstraction mentioned
- Performance characteristics when handling large numbers of files or concurrent operations
- Exact feature parity and differences relative to the blobfile package it derives from
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagesaiohttplxmlpycryptodomexuvloop |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 15 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 16,598,375 / month, #1,146 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: boostedblob-1.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
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