---
id: pip-hello-world
version: "0.1"
license: BSD
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# pip-hello-world — Hello World testing setuptools

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 704.2K/mo

## What it is and what it does

pip-hello-world is a minimal setuptools demonstration package released 2017-03-23 and no longer maintained. It serves as a reference example for how to structure and publish a Python package using setuptools, rather than as a tool for solving a real problem. The package has no runtime dependencies and no documented functionality beyond being an installation target.

This package is effectively a time capsule: it was created to teach packaging mechanics, not to provide reusable code. With no updates since its initial release and no active repository, it remains frozen at version 0.1. Installing it will succeed but will not give you working code for any practical task.

Use it for:

- Learning how setuptools packages are structured and distributed on PyPI
- Testing pip installation workflows in CI/CD or educational environments
- Historical reference for understanding early Python packaging conventions

## Worth the install?

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

A minimal test package demonstrating setuptools installation; provides no functional capability beyond serving as a hello-world example for packaging workflows.

No. This is an abandoned example package from 2017-03-23 with no active maintenance, no documented functionality, and no practical use case. It exists only as a setuptools tutorial artifact. Do not install for production or active development; use it only if you are studying the history of Python packaging or need a minimal test target for pip itself.

## Install

pip install pip-hello-world
uv add pip-hello-world
poetry add pip-hello-world

## Installing pip-hello-world

Before you install: High install friction and abandoned maintenance status (last release 2017-03-23, no updates since then). The package exists primarily as a setuptools example and is not actively maintained.

License in practice: Licensed under BSD (permissive), which imposes no significant restrictions on use or redistribution.

Quickstart:

pip install pip-hello-world==0.1

This is a demonstration package with no runtime dependencies or documented functionality; installing it will not provide usable code for production purposes.

Verify before relying:

- What the package actually exports or provides when imported (README.txt content not provided in fact sheet)
- Whether the package is intended for historical reference only or has any remaining use case
- Python version compatibility (requires_python field is empty)

## Package facts

- License: BSD (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: high
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 704.2K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

setuptools hello world example, pip package test, minimal python package, setuptools tutorial, package installation demo, example-package, abandoned

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