gcloud-aio-storage

Python Client for Google Cloud Storage

gcloud-aio-storage Permissive license MIT Active ★ 348 v9.6.4 released 2026-02-26

Install

gcloud-aio-storage on PyPI

pip

pip install gcloud-aio-storage

uv

uv add gcloud-aio-storage

poetry

poetry add gcloud-aio-storage

Package facts

License	MIT (permissive)
Python support	supports the current Python release (<4.0,>=3.10)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	4 — aiofiles, gcloud-aio-auth, pyasn1-modules, rsa
Maintenance	actively maintained — 168 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-08-11
First released	2017-10-19
Popularity	one of the top 1,000 most-downloaded packages on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-13)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-13)

Evidence: gcloud_aio_storage-9.6.4-py3-none-any.whl

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About gcloud-aio-storage

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

(Asyncio OR Threadsafe) Python Client for Google Cloud Storage

This is a shared codebase for ``gcloud-aio-storage`` and
``gcloud-rest-storage``

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Installation

.. code-block:: console

$ pip install --upgrade gcloud-{aio,rest}-storage

Usage

See our docs_.

Contributing

Please see our contributing guide_.

.. _contributing guide: https://github.com/talkiq/gcloud-aio/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst .. _our docs: https://talkiq.github.io/gcloud-aio

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Async-first Python client for Google Cloud Storage with support for both asyncio and threadsafe patterns, enabling non-blocking cloud storage operations.

Low friction installation with four lightweight runtime dependencies. Active maintenance with recent releases (168 days since last version) and an unarchivedrepository showing ongoing development.

MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, requiring only attribution and inclusion of the license text.

Usage

pip install gcloud-aio-storage

from gcloud.aio.storage import Storage
import aiofiles

async with Storage() as client:
    bucket = client.bucket('my-bucket')
    blob = bucket.blob('my-file.txt')
    await blob.download_to_filename('local-file.txt')

Requires Python 3.10 or later; Google Cloud credentials must be configured via environment variables or application default credentials.

Verdict: Production-stable async GCS client in active development with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and permissive licensing. Well-suited for async-first Python applications needing non-blocking cloud storage access.

Needs verification

Whether gcloud-aio-auth and rsa dependencies introduce any transitive security concerns beyond the direct package scope.
Performance characteristics and connection pooling behavior compared to synchronous alternatives in production workloads.

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