---
id: trino
version: "0.338.0"
license: Apache 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# trino — Client for the Trino distributed SQL Engine

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

## Install

pip install trino
uv add trino
poetry add trino

## Description

# Trino Python client

Client for [Trino](https://trino.io/), a distributed SQL engine for interactive and batch big data processing.
Provides a low-level client and a DBAPI 2.0 implementation and a SQLAlchemy adapter.
It supports Python>=3.9 and PyPy.

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## Development

See [DEVELOPMENT](.github/DEVELOPMENT.md) for information about code style,
development process, and guidelines.

See [CONTRIBUTING](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for contribution requirements.

## Usage

### The Python Database API (DBAPI)

**Installation**

```
$ pip install trino
```

**Quick Start**

Use the DBAPI interface to query Trino:

if `host` is a valid...

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A Python client for Trino, a distributed SQL engine, offering DBAPI 2.0 and SQLAlchemy interfaces for querying big data clusters.

Verdict: Actively maintained, top-1000 popular package with no known vulnerabilities and permissive licensing. Low install friction and broad Python version support (3.9–3.13, PyPy) make it a solid choice for Trino connectivity. Suitable for both DBAPI and SQLAlchemy workflows.

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