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id: rpaframework
version: "32.0.1"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# rpaframework — A collection of tools and libraries for RPA

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 753.2K/mo

## What it is and what it does

RPA Framework is a production-stable collection of open-source libraries designed for both Robot Framework and Python that automate repetitive business tasks. It provides modules for controlling desktop applications, automating web browsers, interacting with APIs and databases, manipulating files and images, and integrating with cloud services and enterprise systems. The framework is sponsored by Robocorp and optimized for their Control Room platform, though it works as a standalone Python library.

The package bundles a large ecosystem of automation capabilities into one installation covering file operations, email, cloud integrations, and document processing. Each library is independently documented and can be used with Robot Framework's keyword-driven syntax or directly in Python code. The substantial dependency tree of 55 runtime dependencies reflects this breadth—it includes tools for web scraping, image processing, clipboard access, Windows automation, and OAuth2 authentication.

Use it for:

- Automate repetitive data entry and file processing workflows across Excel, databases, and web forms
- Build desktop application bots that control enterprise software without API access
- Orchestrate multi-step business processes combining web scraping, email notifications, and cloud service calls
- Create scheduled robots that extract data from APIs, transform it, and load it into business systems
- Implement document processing pipelines that read PDFs, extract structured data, and route to downstream systems

## Worth the install?

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

RPA Framework is a collection of libraries for robotic process automation that automate business workflows across desktop applications, web browsers, APIs, databases, and cloud services.

Yes. RPA Framework is production-stable, actively maintained, permissively licensed, and widely used. Install it if you need to automate business workflows across multiple systems. The large dependency footprint is a trade-off for breadth of capability—if you only need specific integrations, verify whether smaller focused packages would be lighter. No known security vulnerabilities as of the query date.

## Install

pip install rpaframework
uv add rpaframework
poetry add rpaframework

## Installing rpaframework

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Active maintenance with a recent release 46 days ago and ongoing repository activity. The package carries 55 runtime dependencies, which is substantial but reflects the breadth of integrations it provides.

License in practice: Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it suitable for enterprise automation projects.

Quickstart:

pip install rpaframework

import rpaframework
# Use specific libraries via rpaframework modules
# Example: from rpaframework import Browser

Requires Python 3.10 or later. Desktop automation libraries may require system-level permissions or platform-specific setup on Windows/Linux/macOS.

Verify before relying:

- Whether all 55 runtime dependencies are required for basic use or if many are optional/conditional based on which libraries you use
- Specific performance characteristics or scalability limits when automating complex multi-step workflows
- Whether the package works reliably on all supported Python versions or if certain libraries have version-specific issues
- How many distinct automation libraries are included in the rpaframework package

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 753.2K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

robotic process automation, rpa framework libraries, desktop application automation, web browser automation, workflow automation tools, business process automation, robot framework rpa, automation, workflow-orchestration, enterprise-integration

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