repairwheel
Repair any wheel, anywhere
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you package binary extensions for multiple platforms. It consolidates three separate repair tools into one, has low install friction, is actively maintained, carries no known vulnerabilities, and uses a permissive MIT license. Install it if your build pipeline needs cross-platform wheel repair without managing platform-specific external tools.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later
- Low friction install with five runtime dependencies.
- Actively maintained as of 2026-07-20 with recent releases.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-06-23 (52 days) · last repo commit 2026-07-20 · 56 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 121,085 downloads/mo, #11,996 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install repairwheel
repairwheel input-wheel.whl -o /tmp/wheelout- Whether the pure-Python tool implementations cover all edge cases that external tools handle
- Performance characteristics compared to using auditwheel, delocate, or delvewheel individually
What it is and what it does
repairwheel is a unified wheel repair tool that consolidates the repair logic from auditwheel, delocate, and delvewheel into a single cross-platform interface. It takes a wheel file, inspects its platform tag, applies the appropriate repair strategy for that platform, and outputs a normalized wheel with consistent file ordering, timestamps, and RECORD entries—aiming for bitwise-identical results regardless of the build system.
The tool includes pure-Python replacements for external utilities like patchelf, otool, install_name_tool, and codesign, eliminating the need for system-level dependencies. This makes it practical for CI/CD pipelines and build environments where installing platform-specific tools is inconvenient. It's designed for developers and packagers who need to distribute binary wheels across multiple platforms with minimal friction.
Use it for
- Repair a macOS wheel to bundle dylib dependencies and update install names for distribution
- Convert a Linux wheel to manylinux-compatible format by bundling system libraries
- Normalize wheel metadata and file ordering for reproducible, bit-identical builds across machines
- Automate cross-platform wheel repair in CI/CD without installing separate repair tools
- Repair a Windows wheel to bundle runtime or other dependencies for standalone distribution
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you package binary extensions for multiple platforms.
It consolidates three separate repair tools into one, has low install friction, is actively maintained, carries no known vulnerabilities, and uses a permissive MIT license. Install it if your build pipeline needs cross-platform wheel repair without managing platform-specific external tools.
Install
repairwheel on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with five runtime dependencies. Actively maintained as of 2026-07-20 with recent releases.
Requires Python 3.10 or later
License in practice
MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install repairwheel
repairwheel input-wheel.whl -o /tmp/wheeloutVerify before relying
- Whether the pure-Python tool implementations cover all edge cases that external tools handle
- Performance characteristics compared to using auditwheel, delocate, or delvewheel individually
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 5 packagesdelvewheelmacholibpackagingpefilepyelftools |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 52 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 121,085 / month, #11,996 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: OnlyProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPythonProgramming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy |
Evidence: repairwheel-0.6.2-py3-none-any.whl
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