---
id: psycopg-binary
version: "3.3.4"
license: LGPL-3.0-only
license_treatment: copyleft
maintenance: active
---

# psycopg-binary — PostgreSQL database adapter for Python -- C optimisation distribution

License: copyleft · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install psycopg-binary
uv add psycopg-binary
poetry add psycopg-binary

## Description

Psycopg 3: PostgreSQL database adapter for Python - binary package
==================================================================

This distribution package is an optional component of `Psycopg 3`__: it
contains the optional optimization package `psycopg_binary`__.

.. __: https://pypi.org/project/psycopg/
.. __: https://www.psycopg.org/psycopg3/docs/basic/install.html
       #binary-installation

You shouldn't install this package directly: use instead ::

    pip install "psycopg[binary]"

to install a version of the optimization package matching the ``psycopg``
version installed.

Installing this package requires pip >= 20.3 or newer installed.

This package is not available for every platform: check out `Binary
installation`__ in the documentation.

.. __: https://www.psycopg.org/psycopg3/docs/basic/install.html
       #binary-installation

Please read `the project readme`__ and `the installation documentation`__ for
more details.

.. __: https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg#readme
.. __: https://www.psycopg.org/psycopg3/docs/basic/install.html


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