botocore

Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3.

botocore Permissive license Apache-2.0 Active ★ 1,636 v1.43.70 released 2026-08-12

Install

botocore on PyPI

pip

pip install botocore

uv

uv add botocore

poetry

poetry add botocore

Package facts

License	Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Python support	supports the current Python release (>=3.10)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	3 — jmespath, python-dateutil, urllib3
Maintenance	actively maintained — 1 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-08-13
First released	2012-12-21
Popularity	one of the 100 most-downloaded packages on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-13)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-13)

Evidence: botocore-1.43.70-py3-none-any.whl

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About botocore

from the package's own PyPI description — quoted content, verbatim

botocore

A low-level interface to a growing number of Amazon Web Services. The botocore package is the foundation for the AWS CLI <https://github.com/aws/aws-cli> as well as boto3 <https://github.com/boto/boto3>.

Botocore is maintained and published by Amazon Web Services_.

Notices

On 2026-04-29, support for Python 3.9 ended for Botocore. This follows the Python Software Foundation end of support <https://peps.python.org/pep-0596/#lifespan>__ for the runtime which occurred on 2025-10-31.

For more information, see this blog post <https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/>__.

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Botocore is the low-level, data-driven foundation for AWS service interactions, providing the core client and session management that powers the AWS CLI and boto3 library.

Actively maintained by Amazon Web Services with a release just 1 day old. Low install friction with only three lightweight runtime dependencies (jmespath, python-dateutil, urllib3). Supports Python 3.10–3.14 and is in full support phase.

Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions—suitable for most production environments.

Usage

pip install botocore

import botocore.session
session = botocore.session.get_session()
client = session.create_client('ec2')
print(client.describe_instances())

AWS credentials must be configured (e.g., in ~/.aws/credentials) and a default region set (e.g., in ~/.aws/config) before making service calls.

Verdict: Botocore is a production-ready, actively maintained AWS SDK foundation with no known vulnerabilities, permissive licensing, and minimal dependencies. It is the canonical choice for low-level AWS service access in Python and is backed by Amazon Web Services.

Needs verification

Whether the package supports free-threaded Python 3.14 (listed as beta in classifiers) in production scenarios.
Performance characteristics or benchmarks compared to higher-level abstractions like boto3.

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