google-cloud-bigtable

Google Cloud Bigtable API client library

google-cloud-bigtable Permissive license Apache-2.0 Active ★ 5,370 v2.41.0 released 2026-07-16

Install

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pip

pip install google-cloud-bigtable

uv

uv add google-cloud-bigtable

poetry

poetry add google-cloud-bigtable

Package facts

License	Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Python support	supports the current Python release (>=3.10)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	8 — google-api-core, google-auth, grpcio, proto-plus, protobuf, google-cloud-core, grpc-google-iam-v1, google-crc32c
Maintenance	actively maintained — 28 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-08-13
First released	2016-09-29
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: google_cloud_bigtable-2.41.0-py3-none-any.whl

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About google-cloud-bigtable

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

Python Client for Cloud Bigtable

Cloud Bigtable_: API for reading and writing the contents of Bigtable tables associated with a Google Cloud project.

Client Library Documentation_
Product Documentation_

.. |stable| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/support-stable-gold.svg :target: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/blob/main/README.rst#stability-levels .. |pypi| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/google-cloud-bigtable.svg :target: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-bigtable/ .. |versions| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/google-cloud-bigtable.svg :target: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-bigtable/ .. _Cloud Bigtable: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs .. _Client Library Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/summary_overview .. _Product Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs

Async Data Client

:code:v2.23.0 includes a release of the new :code:BigtableDataClientAsync client, accessible at the import path :code:google.cloud.bigtable.data.

The new client brings a...

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Official Python client library for Google Cloud Bigtable, enabling read and write operations on Bigtable tables within a Google Cloud project. Includes both synchronous and asynchronous data clients for flexible integration patterns.

Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution. Active maintenance (28 days since last release) and a mature codebase (first released 2016) backed by Google's googleapis organization. Requires Python ≥3.10 and pulls 8 runtime dependencies, all from the google-cloud ecosystem.

Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions. No license-based barriers to adoption.

Usage

pip install google-cloud-bigtable

from google.cloud import bigtable

client = bigtable.Client(project='my-project')
instance = client.instance('my-instance')
table = instance.table('my-table')

Requires Google Cloud credentials configured (via GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable or Application Default Credentials). Python ≥3.10 required.

Verdict: Production-ready, actively maintained official Google client with zero known vulnerabilities and low install friction. Permissive Apache-2.0 license removes licensing concerns. Best suited for projects already committed to Google Cloud infrastructure; verify your authentication setup and Python version (≥3.10) before deployment.

Needs verification

Whether the 8 runtime dependencies introduce any transitive vulnerabilities or version conflicts in your specific environment
Performance characteristics of the async client (v2.23.0+) versus synchronous API for your workload patterns

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