manifestoo-core
A library to reason about Odoo addons manifests
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you work with Odoo addons and need programmatic access to manifest parsing and version detection. The low install friction, active maintenance, permissive license, and zero known vulnerabilities make it a safe choice. The narrow focus on Odoo-specific tasks means it's only relevant for Odoo development workflows.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.7 or later.
- Low friction install with three lightweight runtime dependencies (importlib-resources, packaging, typing-extensions).
- Active maintenance with a release 40 days ago and recent commits.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — MIT license (permissive) means you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-07-05 (40 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 9 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 254,197 downloads/mo, #8,501 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install manifestoo-core
from manifestoo_core import detect_odoo_series
series = detect_odoo_series('14.0.1.0.0')- Whether the library handles all Odoo versions or has version-specific limitations.
- Performance characteristics when processing large numbers of addon manifests.
- Whether conversion to Python packaging metadata preserves all Odoo-specific metadata fields.
What it is and what it does
Manifestoo Core is a library for working with Odoo addon manifests—the metadata files that define Odoo extensions. It provides utilities to detect which Odoo series (version line) an addon targets based on its version string, access information about core Odoo Community and Enterprise addons for each Odoo version, and convert Odoo manifest metadata into standard Python packaging format. This is useful for tools that need to analyze, validate, or process Odoo addons programmatically.
The library depends on three standard packages: importlib-resources for resource access, packaging for version handling, and typing-extensions for type hints. It's actively maintained and has been in development since 2022. The documentation warns that undocumented parts of the API may change without notice.
Use it for
- Detect the target Odoo version from an addon's version string in CI/CD pipelines.
- Build tools that need to validate Odoo addon manifests against Odoo version specifications.
- Convert Odoo addon metadata to standard Python package metadata for distribution.
- Query which addons are part of core Odoo for a given version.
- Analyze addon dependencies and compatibility across Odoo versions.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you work with Odoo addons and need programmatic access to manifest parsing and version detection.
The low install friction, active maintenance, permissive license, and zero known vulnerabilities make it a safe choice. The narrow focus on Odoo-specific tasks means it's only relevant for Odoo development workflows.
Install
manifestoo-core on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with three lightweight runtime dependencies (importlib-resources, packaging, typing-extensions). Active maintenance with a release 40 days ago and recent commits.
Requires Python 3.7 or later.
License in practice
MIT license (permissive) means you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install manifestoo-core
from manifestoo_core import detect_odoo_series
series = detect_odoo_series('14.0.1.0.0')Verify before relying
- Whether the library handles all Odoo versions or has version-specific limitations.
- Performance characteristics when processing large numbers of addon manifests.
- Whether conversion to Python packaging metadata preserves all Odoo-specific metadata fields.
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.7 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 3 packagesimportlib-resourcespackagingtyping-extensions |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 40 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 254,197 / month, #8,501 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaFramework :: OdooIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only |
Evidence: manifestoo_core-1.15.4-py3-none-any.whl
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