---
id: lbt-honeybee
version: "0.9.446"
license: AGPL-3.0
license_treatment: agpl
maintenance: active
---

# lbt-honeybee — Installs a collection of Honeybee core and extension libraries.

License: agpl · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 111.5K/mo

## What it is and what it does

lbt-honeybee is a convenience installer that bundles the entire Honeybee ecosystem—a collection of Python libraries for building energy simulation, daylighting analysis, and thermal comfort modeling. Rather than installing each extension separately, running `pip install lbt-honeybee` pulls in honeybee-core, honeybee-energy, honeybee-radiance (and related radiance tools), honeybee-display, plus all underlying Ladybug geometry and analysis libraries in one operation.

The package itself contains no source code; it exists purely as a dependency aggregator. It is intended for users who want the full Honeybee toolkit for architectural and environmental simulation work. The ecosystem is actively maintained, with a release dated 2026-08-13, and supports a range of Python versions from 2.7 through 3.12, though actual runtime support depends on the individual extension packages.

Use it for:

- Install the complete Honeybee ecosystem for building energy modeling and daylighting analysis in a single command.
- Set up a development environment for architectural simulation projects that need radiance rendering, energy analysis, and display tools together.
- Onboard new team members by providing a single package that installs all required Honeybee and Ladybug dependencies.
- Integrate Honeybee into a larger workflow (e.g., Grasshopper plugins, custom scripts) without manually tracking individual extension versions.
- Access honeybee-core, honeybee-energy, and honeybee-radiance alongside their display and post-processing tools without separate installation steps.

## Worth the install?

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

lbt-honeybee is a meta-package that installs the complete Honeybee ecosystem—core libraries and extensions for radiance, energy, and display—plus all required Ladybug dependencies in one command.

Yes, if you need the full Honeybee ecosystem for building simulation and analysis. This meta-package eliminates the friction of installing and coordinating multiple interdependent libraries. The active maintenance status (release 1 day old) and zero known vulnerabilities support reliability. The AGPL-3.0 license requires that modifications be shared under the same terms—acceptable for open-source or internal projects but a consideration for proprietary work. Install it as your entry point to Honeybee rather than installing individual extensions.

## Install

pip install lbt-honeybee
uv add lbt-honeybee
poetry add lbt-honeybee

## Installing lbt-honeybee

Before you install: Installation is straightforward with low friction; the package is a pure meta-installer with no compiled dependencies. Active maintenance with a release just 1 day old suggests the ecosystem is current.

License in practice: Licensed under AGPL-3.0, which requires that any modifications or derivative works be released under the same license and made available to users. This is a copyleft license with stronger reciprocal obligations than permissive alternatives.

Quickstart:

pip install lbt-honeybee

import honeybee
from honeybee_energy.model import Model

No explicit Python version requirement stated in the package metadata, though classifiers indicate support from Python 2.7 through 3.12; verify your target environment aligns with the Honeybee ecosystem's actual requirements.

Verify before relying:

- Whether Python 2.7 support is genuinely maintained or a stale classifier, given the package's active status and modern release date.
- Actual minimum Python version required by the runtime dependencies (honeybee-energy, honeybee-radiance-postprocess, etc.) in practice.

## Package facts

- License: AGPL-3.0 (agpl)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 111.5K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

honeybee installation bundle, radiance energy simulation python, building performance modeling tools, ladybug honeybee ecosystem, architectural simulation framework, honeybee core extensions, energy and radiance analysis, building-simulation, energy-analysis, meta-package

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