---
id: jeepney
version: "0.9.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# jeepney — Low-level, pure Python DBus protocol wrapper.

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install jeepney
uv add jeepney
poetry add jeepney

## Description

Jeepney is a pure Python implementation of D-Bus messaging. It has an `I/O-free
<https://sans-io.readthedocs.io/>`__ core, and integration modules for different
event loops.

D-Bus is an inter-process communication system, mainly used in Linux.

To install Jeepney::

    pip install jeepney

`Jeepney docs on Readthedocs <https://jeepney.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Jeepney is a pure Python implementation of D-Bus messaging with an I/O-free core and integration modules for different event loops, enabling inter-process communication mainly on Linux systems.

Verdict: Jeepney is a stable, dependency-free D-Bus implementation suitable for Linux IPC tasks. Its MIT license and top-1000 popularity make it a safe choice, though the 532-day gap since last release signals aging maintenance—acceptable for mature, stable functionality but worth monitoring for long-term support.

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