pontos
Common utilities and tools maintained by Greenbone AG
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need a collection of development utilities and are comfortable with GPLv3 licensing. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, and provides useful helpers for CLI and version management tasks. Not suitable for proprietary projects due to copyleft licensing.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- PEP 668 restrictions in newer distributions like Ubuntu 23.04 may require using pipx instead of pip for system-wide installation.
- Low install friction with a pure Python wheel distribution.
License · maintenance · safety
GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft) — Licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft). Any code that links or imports pontos must comply with GPLv3 terms, including providing source code and allowing redistribution under the same license.
last release 2026-05-19 (87 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-12 · 12 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 115,328 downloads/mo, #12,257 on PyPI
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pip install pontos
import pontos
# Use pontos utilities in your code- What specific utilities, classes, and functions are included in the package beyond CLI tools
- Whether the package is suitable as a library dependency or primarily intended as a CLI tool
- Performance characteristics or scalability limits for the included utilities
What it is and what it does
Pontos is a utility library maintained by Greenbone that bundles common Python development tools and helpers. It provides CLI command support with shell completion for bash and zsh, version management utilities, and general-purpose data processing functions. The package depends on colorful, httpx, lxml, packaging, python-dateutil, rich, semver, shtab, and tomlkit to handle formatting, HTTP requests, XML parsing, version handling, and configuration management.
The package is actively maintained and supports modern Python versions from 3.10 through 3.14. It can be installed via pip, pipx, or poetry, though newer Linux distributions may require pipx due to PEP 668 restrictions. The library is distributed under GPLv3, making it suitable for open-source projects but requiring license compliance for proprietary use.
Use it for
- Building CLI applications that need shell completion support in bash and zsh
- Managing semantic versioning and version comparisons in Python projects
- Parsing and processing XML or TOML configuration files
- Formatting console output with colors and rich text formatting
- Handling HTTP requests and date/time operations in utility scripts
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you need a collection of development utilities and are comfortable with GPLv3 licensing.
The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, and provides useful helpers for CLI and version management tasks. Not suitable for proprietary projects due to copyleft licensing.
Install
pontos on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure Python wheel distribution. Actively maintained with a recent release; last commit was 2026-08-12 and the project is not archived.
Requires Python 3.10 or later. PEP 668 restrictions in newer distributions like Ubuntu 23.04 may require using pipx instead of pip for system-wide installation.
License in practice
Licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft). Any code that links or imports pontos must comply with GPLv3 terms, including providing source code and allowing redistribution under the same license.
Quickstart
pip install pontos
import pontos
# Use pontos utilities in your codeVerify before relying
- What specific utilities, classes, and functions are included in the package beyond CLI tools
- Whether the package is suitable as a library dependency or primarily intended as a CLI tool
- Performance characteristics or scalability limits for the included utilities
Package facts
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later copyleft |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release <4.0,>=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 9 packagescolorfulhttpxlxmlpackagingpython-dateutilrichsemvershtabtomlkit |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 87 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 115,328 / month, #12,257 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaEnvironment :: ConsoleIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)Operating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules |
Evidence: pontos-26.5.0-py3-none-any.whl
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