bs4

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bs4 on PyPI

pip install bs4

uv add bs4

poetry add bs4

Package facts

Evidence: bs4-0.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl

About bs4

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A placeholder package that redirects users to install beautifulsoup4 instead, preventing name squatting on PyPI.

Low install friction with a single runtime dependency on beautifulsoup4. However, the package is dormant—last release was 939 days ago—and exists solely as a namesquatting preventative, not as an active project.

Licensed under MIT License (permissive), so there are no legal restrictions on use or redistribution.

pip install bs4
# This installs beautifulsoup4 as a dependency
import bs4
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

Verdict: This is a legitimate but inactive dummy package—do not install it directly. It exists only to prevent squatting and will pull in beautifulsoup4 as its sole dependency. Install beautifulsoup4 directly instead for the actual HTML/XML parsing functionality.

Needs verification

• Whether installing bs4 is ever the intended path versus installing beautifulsoup4 directly in modern workflows
• Current maintenance status and whether the package will continue to redirect or be deprecated

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