twine

Collection of utilities for publishing packages on PyPI

twine Permissive license Apache-2.0 Active ★ 1,783 v7.0.0 released 2026-07-27

Install

twine on PyPI

pip

pip install twine

uv

uv add twine

poetry

poetry add twine

Package facts

License	Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Python support	supports the current Python release (>=3.10)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	9 — readme-renderer, requests, requests-toolbelt, urllib3, keyring, rfc3986, rich, packaging, id
Maintenance	actively maintained — 17 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-08-11
First released	2013-09-26
Popularity	one of the top 1,000 most-downloaded packages on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-13)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-13)

Evidence: twine-7.0.0-py3-none-any.whl

Intended Audience :: DevelopersNatural Language :: EnglishOperating System :: MacOS :: MacOS XOperating System :: Microsoft :: WindowsOperating System :: POSIXOperating System :: POSIX :: BSDOperating System :: POSIX :: LinuxProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming 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 :: 3.14Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython

About twine

from the package's own PyPI description — quoted content, verbatim

.. |twine-version| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/twine.svg :target: https://pypi.org/project/twine

.. |python-versions| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/twine.svg :target: https://pypi.org/project/twine

.. |docs-badge| image:: https://img.shields.io/readthedocs/twine :target: https://twine.readthedocs.io

.. |build-badge| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/pypa/twine/main.yml?branch=main :target: https://github.com/pypa/twine/actions

twine

Twine is a utility for publishing Python packages on PyPI.

It provides build system independent uploads of source and binary distribution artifacts <distributions_> for both new and existing projects.

See our documentation_ for a description of features, installation and usage instructions, and links to additional resources.

Contributing

See our developer documentation_ for how to get started, an architectural overview, and our future development plans.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the Twine project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms, and mailing...

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Twine is a utility for publishing Python packages to PyPI, handling build system-independent uploads of source and binary distribution artifacts.

Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution and nine runtime dependencies that are themselves stable and widely-used. Actively maintained with a release 17 days ago and ongoing commits.

Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing use in both open-source and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.

Usage

pip install twine
twine upload dist/*

Requires Python 3.10 or later; PyPI credentials or keyring setup needed for authentication.

Verdict: Twine is a mature, actively maintained tool in the top 1000 PyPI packages with no known vulnerabilities, permissive licensing, and low install friction. It is the standard choice for publishing Python packages to PyPI.

Needs verification

Whether keyring integration requires additional system dependencies or configuration beyond pip install.
Performance characteristics when uploading large or numerous distribution artifacts.

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