---
id: hello-world
version: "0.2"
license: UNKNOWN
license_treatment: unclear
maintenance: abandoned
---

# hello-world — UNKNOWN

License: unclear · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 88.5K/mo

## What it is and what it does

hello-world is a package with no runtime dependencies and no documented functionality. Its description, summary, homepage, and license are all marked UNKNOWN in the metadata. It was released on 2013-12-24 and has received no updates or maintenance since then—the repository shows no activity and the project is marked as abandoned.

Given the lack of documentation, unclear licensing, and complete absence of maintenance, this package appears to be either a historical test artifact or a placeholder with no practical purpose. There is no clear use case or problem it solves.

Use it for:

- Educational demonstration of PyPI package structure for developers learning how to publish packages
- Historical reference or archive of early PyPI package examples from 2013
- Testing or CI/CD workflows that need a minimal, dependency-free package to install

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

A minimal package with no runtime dependencies, apparently intended as a simple demonstration or test artifact rather than a functional tool.

No. The package is abandoned (last updated 2013-12-24), has unclear licensing, high install friction, and no documented functionality. Its description, summary, and license are all marked UNKNOWN. Unless you have a specific historical or archival reason to use it, there is no practical reason to install it.

## Install

pip install hello-world
uv add hello-world
poetry add hello-world

## Installing hello-world

Before you install: High install friction with no recent maintenance signal. The package has not been updated since its initial release on 2013-12-24 and is marked as abandoned, raising concerns about compatibility with modern Python environments.

License in practice: License treatment is unclear—the raw license field is marked UNKNOWN with no SPDX identifier provided. You cannot determine what terms govern use or redistribution of this package.

Quickstart:

pip install hello-world==0.2

import hello_world  # module name may differ; actual exports unknown

Package is abandoned with no Python version specification; compatibility with modern Python is uncertain. High install friction suggests potential packaging issues.

Verify before relying:

- What the package actually does or provides—description is marked UNKNOWN
- Whether it is compatible with modern Python versions—requires_python is unspecified
- What the license actually is—marked UNKNOWN with no SPDX identifier
- Whether the high install friction is due to missing wheels, compiled dependencies, or packaging issues

## Package facts

- License: UNKNOWN (unclear)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: high
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 88.5K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

hello world example package, minimal python package, test package pypi, demo package, simple package template, abandoned, historical

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