---
id: progressbar33
version: "2.4"
license: LICENSE.txt
license_treatment: unclear
maintenance: abandoned
---

# progressbar33 — Text progress bar library for Python.

License: unclear · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 311.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

progressbar33 is a text progress bar library that renders visual feedback in the terminal during long-running operations. It uses a widget-based architecture where the progress bar's display is composed of pluggable widgets—strings for static text, ProgressBarWidget objects for dynamic updates, and ProgressBarWidgetHFill objects that expand to fill remaining terminal width. The library automatically handles terminal resizing when the system supports it.

However, the package is abandoned: its last commit was 2019-02-17 and it has not been released since 2014-08-29. It targets Python 2.4–3.3, making its compatibility with modern Python versions uncertain. The license treatment is unclear (both BSD and LGPL are declared but no SPDX identifier is provided), and install friction is high due to platform-specific binary distributions.

Use it for:

- Display progress during batch file processing or data import operations in legacy Python 2 codebases.
- Show download or upload completion percentage in console applications where graphical UI is unavailable.
- Provide visual feedback during long-running data transformations or computations in terminal scripts.
- Monitor multi-step installation or deployment workflows with incremental progress updates.

## Worth the install?

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

Displays text-based progress bars in the console, with customizable widgets that show progress state and auto-resize to terminal width.

No. The package is abandoned (last commit 2019-02-17, no releases since 2014-08-29) with no maintenance or security updates. Compatibility beyond Python 3.3 is unverified and likely broken. License treatment is unclear. High install friction and zero runtime dependencies offer no advantage over maintained alternatives. Use only if locked into legacy Python 2 code with no migration path.

## Install

pip install progressbar33
uv add progressbar33
poetry add progressbar33

## Installing progressbar33

Before you install: High install friction due to platform-specific binary distributions (.exe, .tar.gz). Package is abandoned—last commit was 2019-02-17 and no releases since 2014-08-29—so expect no maintenance, security updates, or Python version support beyond what was frozen then.

License in practice: License treatment is unclear: the package declares both BSD and LGPL in its classifiers but provides no SPDX identifier. Verify the actual LICENSE.txt file to confirm which applies before using in proprietary or copyleft contexts.

Quickstart:

pip install progressbar33

from progressbar import ProgressBar
pbar = ProgressBar().start()
for i in range(10):
    pbar.update(i)
pbar.finish()

Package targets Python 2.4–3.3; compatibility with modern Python versions is unverified.

Verify before relying:

- Whether progressbar33 actually works on Python versions beyond 3.3—classifiers claim 3.3 support but package has not been maintained since 2014.
- Actual license (BSD vs. LGPL or both) by inspecting LICENSE.txt, since SPDX is null and treatment is marked unclear.
- Whether the high install friction (binary distributions) reflects genuine platform-specific compilation or outdated packaging.

## Package facts

- License: LICENSE.txt (unclear)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: high
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 311.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

text progress bar, console progress indicator, terminal progress display, progress bar widget, command line progress, text-based progress tracking, terminal progress bar, abandoned, legacy-python-2

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