---
id: pkginfo
version: "1.12.1.2"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# pkginfo — Query metadata from sdists / bdists / installed packages.

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

## Install

pip install pkginfo
uv add pkginfo
poetry add pkginfo

## Description

``pkginfo`` README
==================

This package provides an API for querying the distutils metadata written in
the ``PKG-INFO`` file inside a source distribution (an ``sdist``) or a
binary distribution (e.g., created by running ``bdist_egg``).  It can
also query the ``EGG-INFO`` directory of an installed distribution, and
the ``*.egg-info`` stored in a "development checkout"
(e.g, created by running ``setup.py develop``).


Please see the `pkginfo docs <http://packages.python.org/pkginfo>`_
for detailed documentation.


``pkginfo`` Changelog
=====================

1.12.1.2 (2025-02-19)
---------------------

- Fix *another* packaging error (more missing testcase data!).  LP #2098833

1.12.1.1 (2025-02-18)
---------------------

- Fix packaging error which prevents running tests from the released
  sdist.

1.12.1 (2025-02-18)
-------------------

- Disuse the metadata of the installed 'pkginfo' package for testing:
  during creation of the various 'tox' environments, different versions of
  'setuptools' will overwrite that file with different metadata (version,
  'Dynamic' headers, etc).  LP #2098742

1.12.0 (2024-12-02)
-------------------

- Declare content type of long...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Extracts and queries package metadata from source distributions (sdists), binary distributions, installed packages, and development checkouts by reading PKG-INFO, EGG-INFO, or egg-info directories.

Verdict: A lightweight, well-maintained utility for programmatic package metadata inspection with no dependencies, permissive licensing, and broad Python version support. Suitable for build tools, package managers, and distribution analysis workflows.

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