morphys
Smart conversions between unicode and bytes types for common cases
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. The package is abandoned (last update 2017-01-06) and designed primarily for Python 2. While it has no known vulnerabilities and installs easily, modern Python 3 projects have no practical need for this library. Only consider it for maintaining legacy Python 2 codebases.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Installation is frictionless with no runtime dependencies.
- However, the package has been abandoned since its single release with no updates since 2017-01-06, making it unsuitable for active projects.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions, suitable for both open-source and proprietary projects.
last release 2017-01-10 (3503 days) · last repo commit 2017-01-06 · 1 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 196,578 downloads/mo, #9,779 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install morphys
from morphys import ensure_bytes, ensure_unicode
result = ensure_unicode(b'hello')
result = ensure_bytes('hello')- Whether ensure_bytes and ensure_unicode handle all edge cases with non-ASCII content reliably
- Whether StrMorpher's lazy conversion approach works correctly across all contexts
- Current compatibility with modern Python 3 versions beyond the unspecified support claim
What it is and what it does
Morphys is a lightweight utility library for handling the inconsistency between unicode and bytes types in Python 2, where non-ASCII characters can cause unexpected errors. It provides two main conversion functions—ensure_bytes() and ensure_unicode()—that intelligently convert between types only when necessary, and a StrMorpher class that wraps a string to behave as either type on demand. The library also supports custom encodings and defaults to utf-8.
While the package remains compatible with Python 3, it has received no maintenance since 2017-01-10 and was designed primarily for Python 2's unicode/bytes complexity, making it largely obsolete for new projects.
Use it for
- Normalize inconsistent string types from libraries that return either bytes or unicode unpredictably
- Handle legacy codebases that mix unicode and bytes strings without explicit type checking
- Wrap strings in StrMorpher when code needs to accept both bytes and unicode interchangeably
- Ensure consistent string type handling before passing data to functions with strict type requirements
Worth the install?
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No.
The package is abandoned (last update 2017-01-06) and designed primarily for Python 2. While it has no known vulnerabilities and installs easily, modern Python 3 projects have no practical need for this library. Only consider it for maintaining legacy Python 2 codebases.
Install
morphys on PyPI
Before you install
Installation is frictionless with no runtime dependencies. However, the package has been abandoned since its single release with no updates since 2017-01-06, making it unsuitable for active projects.
License in practice
MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions, suitable for both open-source and proprietary projects.
Quickstart
pip install morphys
from morphys import ensure_bytes, ensure_unicode
result = ensure_unicode(b'hello')
result = ensure_bytes('hello')Verify before relying
- Whether ensure_bytes and ensure_unicode handle all edge cases with non-ASCII content reliably
- Whether StrMorpher's lazy conversion approach works correctly across all contexts
- Current compatibility with modern Python 3 versions beyond the unspecified support claim
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 3,503 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 196,578 / month, #9,779 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Intended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 2.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3Topic :: Utilities |
Evidence: morphys-1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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