---
id: pbs-installer
version: "2026.8.7"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# pbs-installer — Installer for Python Build Standalone

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

## Install

pip install pbs-installer
uv add pbs-installer
poetry add pbs-installer

## Description

# pbs-installer

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An installer for @indygreg's [python-build-standalone](https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone)

The list of python versions are kept sync with the upstream automatically, via a periodically GitHub Action.

[📖 Read the docs](http://pbs-installer.readthedocs.io/)

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Installs python-build-standalone, a pre-built Python runtime distribution, with automatic version synchronization to upstream releases.

Verdict: A lightweight, actively maintained installer for python-build-standalone with permissive MIT licensing and no dependencies. Suitable for projects needing portable Python runtimes, though actual availability depends on platform support from the upstream project.

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