rsconnect-python
The Posit Connect command-line interface.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you deploy to Posit Connect. The tool is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries no security vulnerabilities, and is the standard way to publish Python content to Connect servers. Not relevant if you don't use Posit Connect.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires an active Posit Connect server and valid API credentials with publisher privileges to deploy.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution.
- Active maintenance with a recent release (29 days ago) and ongoing repository activity.
License · maintenance · safety
(unclear) — Licensed under MIT with no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution. The license treatment is marked unclear in the metadata, but the license text itself is standard MIT.
last release 2026-07-16 (29 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 37 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 172,182 downloads/mo, #10,346 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install rsconnect-python
rsconnect add --server https://connect.example.com --api-key YOUR_KEY --name production
rsconnect deploy shiny app.py --title "my app"- Whether the package supports deployment of content types beyond Shiny applications (e.g., Quarto, Jupyter notebooks, static content).
- Whether the tool requires a specific version of Posit Connect or supports multiple server versions.
What it is and what it does
rsconnect-python is the official command-line interface for Posit Connect, a content publishing platform. It provides a streamlined way to authenticate with a Connect server, store credentials locally, and deploy applications and content from your development environment to a remote server.
The tool depends on standard Python packages for CLI interaction (click), JWT authentication (pyjwt), semantic versioning (semver), and configuration management (toml). It's designed to be installed as a standalone tool via uv or pipx, or integrated into a project's dependencies. Deployment workflows typically involve one-time credential setup followed by simple deploy commands tied to your application files.
Use it for
- Deploy a Shiny application to a Posit Connect server for team sharing and hosting.
- Automate content publishing in CI/CD pipelines using stored server credentials.
- Manage multiple Connect server targets and switch between them for different environments.
- Publish Python-based analytics or reporting applications without manual server uploads.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you deploy to Posit Connect.
The tool is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries no security vulnerabilities, and is the standard way to publish Python content to Connect servers. Not relevant if you don't use Posit Connect.
Install
rsconnect-python on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Active maintenance with a recent release (29 days ago) and ongoing repository activity. Eight runtime dependencies are all common, lightweight packages.
Requires an active Posit Connect server and valid API credentials with publisher privileges to deploy.
License in practice
Licensed under MIT with no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution. The license treatment is marked unclear in the metadata, but the license text itself is standard MIT.
Quickstart
pip install rsconnect-python
rsconnect add --server https://connect.example.com --api-key YOUR_KEY --name production
rsconnect deploy shiny app.py --title "my app"Verify before relying
- Whether the package supports deployment of content types beyond Shiny applications (e.g., Quarto, Jupyter notebooks, static content).
- Whether the tool requires a specific version of Posit Connect or supports multiple server versions.
Package facts
| License | Not declared unclear |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.8 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 8 packagestyping-extensionspipuvsemverpyjwtclickpackagingtoml |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 29 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 172,182 / month, #10,346 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: rsconnect_python-1.30.0-py3-none-any.whl
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