conda-package-handling
Create and extract conda packages of various formats.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you work with conda packages programmatically or need command-line package manipulation beyond conda's built-in tools. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and is used by conda itself. Install it if you're building conda packages, automating package workflows, or need format conversion capabilities.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- Low friction install with three straightforward runtime dependencies.
- Repository is actively maintained with recent commits and no archived status.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — Permissive BSD license means you can use, modify, and distribute this package with minimal legal restrictions.
last release 2026-06-08 (67 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-13 · 27 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 108,150 downloads/mo, #12,573 on PyPI
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pip install conda-package-handling
from conda_package_handling.api import extract, create
extract('package.conda', 'output_dir')
create('output_dir', 'new_package.conda')- Whether the package handles all historical conda package formats or only a subset
- Performance characteristics when working with large or many packages
- Whether the cph command-line tool is feature-complete relative to conda's native tooling
What it is and what it does
conda-package-handling is a library and CLI tool for working with conda package archives. It abstracts the details of different conda package formats, allowing you to create new packages, extract existing ones, and convert between formats without needing to understand the underlying compression and archive structures. The package is used internally by conda and conda-build to handle package operations.
The library exposes a Python API in conda_package_handling.api for programmatic use, and provides a cph command-line tool for interactive or scripted package manipulation. It depends on conda-package-streaming for efficient reading, requests for network operations, and zstandard for compression support.
Use it for
- Extract conda packages for inspection or modification of their contents
- Create new conda packages from a directory structure in various formats
- Convert conda packages between .conda and .tar.bz2 formats
- Automate package building workflows that need to handle multiple package formats
- Integrate conda package operations into Python build or deployment scripts
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you work with conda packages programmatically or need command-line package manipulation beyond conda's built-in tools.
The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and is used by conda itself. Install it if you're building conda packages, automating package workflows, or need format conversion capabilities.
Install
conda-package-handling on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with three straightforward runtime dependencies. Repository is actively maintained with recent commits and no archived status.
Requires Python 3.10 or later.
License in practice
Permissive BSD license means you can use, modify, and distribute this package with minimal legal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install conda-package-handling
from conda_package_handling.api import extract, create
extract('package.conda', 'output_dir')
create('output_dir', 'new_package.conda')Verify before relying
- Whether the package handles all historical conda package formats or only a subset
- Performance characteristics when working with large or many packages
- Whether the cph command-line tool is feature-complete relative to conda's native tooling
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 3 packagesconda-package-streamingrequestszstandard |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 67 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 108,150 / month, #12,573 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPythonProgramming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy |
Evidence: conda_package_handling-2.5.0-py3-none-any.whl
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