---
id: pinecone-client
version: "6.0.0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# pinecone-client — Pinecone client (DEPRECATED)

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Downloads: 1.4M/mo

## What it is and what it does

pinecone-client was the official Python client library for a managed vector database service. It allowed developers to connect from Python, perform vector operations, and manage indexes in the cloud. The package depends on urllib3, certifi, python-dateutil, typing-extensions, and pinecone-plugin-interface to handle HTTP communication, date parsing, and plugin support.

This package is now deprecated and no longer maintained. The publisher explicitly recommends uninstalling it and migrating to a replacement package. Installing both packages together can cause conflicts and unexpected behavior.

Use it for:

- Connecting to vector databases from legacy Python applications that depend on this package name
- Querying and managing vector indexes in production systems built before the package rename
- Developing vector search features in Python applications using managed infrastructure
- Prototyping similarity-based retrieval systems with cloud-hosted vector storage

## Worth the install?

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

This package is deprecated and should not be installed. It provided a Python client for connecting to a vector database service.

No. Do not install this package. It is explicitly deprecated and no longer maintained. The publisher warns that installing it alongside its replacement causes confusing conflicts. If you are maintaining legacy code that depends on this package, migrate to the replacement as soon as possible.

## Install

pip install pinecone-client
uv add pinecone-client
poetry add pinecone-client

## Installing pinecone-client

Before you install: The package is aging (539 days since last release) and explicitly deprecated. Low install friction, but maintenance has ceased and the publisher warns that installing it alongside its replacement can cause confusing interactions.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), so there are no licensing restrictions—but this is moot since the package is deprecated and should not be installed.

Quickstart:

# This package is deprecated and should not be used.
# The publisher recommends uninstalling and migrating to the replacement package.
# See release notes and upgrading documentation for migration steps.

This package is deprecated and should not be installed. The publisher explicitly warns against using it.

Verify before relying:

- What specific breaking changes exist between pinecone-client 6.0.0 and its replacement
- Whether existing code using pinecone-client will work without modification after migration
- Current status and maintenance timeline of the replacement package

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: aging
- Downloads: 1.4M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

vector database client, vector search python, cloud vector database, semantic search client, vector index management, deprecated, vector-search

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