uptime
Cross-platform uptime library
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need a simple uptime query on a supported platform and can tolerate dormant maintenance. No, if you require active support or compatibility with modern Python 3 versions—test thoroughly on your target OS first. The lack of recent updates and unclear current license status make it risky for production use without verification.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires platform-specific system calls to retrieve uptime; behavior and availability vary significantly across operating systems (Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD, Solaris, BeOS).
- High install friction due to platform-specific system calls required; package is dormant (last release 2013-10-07, last commit 2024-06-10) with no runtime dependencies, so maintenance burden is minimal but updates are infrequent.
License · maintenance · safety
UNKNOWN (permissive) — Licensed under BSD (permissive), so commercial and private use are unrestricted; however, license_raw is marked UNKNOWN, so verify the actual license text in the repository before relying on it in a commercial context.
last release 2013-10-07 (4694 days) · last repo commit 2024-06-10 · 33 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 373,889 downloads/mo, #7,153 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install uptime
from uptime import uptime
print(uptime())
# Or from command line:
python -m uptime- Whether the package actually works on all advertised platforms (BeOS, SunOS/Solaris) given its dormant maintenance status.
- Current Python version compatibility—description says 2.5+, but Python 2 is long deprecated; unclear if it works on modern Python 3 versions.
- Why install_friction is marked 'high' when there are zero runtime dependencies—likely due to compiled/system-level dependencies not captured in the metadata.
What it is and what it does
Uptime is a lightweight library that retrieves how long the system has been running since its last boot. It provides both a Python API (the `uptime()` function) and a command-line interface, making it useful for monitoring, logging, or scripting tasks that need to know system uptime. The package is cross-platform in intent, with classifiers for Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD, Solaris, and other operating systems.
The library has no Python dependencies, but it relies on platform-specific system calls to fetch uptime data, which means behavior and reliability vary by OS. The package is dormant—last released in 2013, with minimal recent maintenance—so it may not work reliably on modern Python versions or newer operating systems without fixes.
Use it for
- Monitor system uptime in a Python script or monitoring dashboard to track system stability.
- Log uptime at application startup for diagnostics or audit trails.
- Build a cross-platform system health check that includes uptime as one metric.
- Automated testing or CI/CD pipelines that need to verify system state before running tests.
- Command-line tool to quickly check when the system was last booted.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you need a simple uptime query on a supported platform and can tolerate dormant maintenance.
No, if you require active support or compatibility with modern Python 3 versions—test thoroughly on your target OS first. The lack of recent updates and unclear current license status make it risky for production use without verification.
Install
uptime on PyPI
Before you install
High install friction due to platform-specific system calls required; package is dormant (last release 2013-10-07, last commit 2024-06-10) with no runtime dependencies, so maintenance burden is minimal but updates are infrequent.
Requires platform-specific system calls to retrieve uptime; behavior and availability vary significantly across operating systems (Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD, Solaris, BeOS).
License in practice
Licensed under BSD (permissive), so commercial and private use are unrestricted; however, license_raw is marked UNKNOWN, so verify the actual license text in the repository before relying on it in a commercial context.
Quickstart
pip install uptime
from uptime import uptime
print(uptime())
# Or from command line:
python -m uptimeVerify before relying
- Whether the package actually works on all advertised platforms (BeOS, SunOS/Solaris) given its dormant maintenance status.
- Current Python version compatibility—description says 2.5+, but Python 2 is long deprecated; unclear if it works on modern Python 3 versions.
- Why install_friction is marked 'high' when there are zero runtime dependencies—likely due to compiled/system-level dependencies not captured in the metadata.
Package facts
| License | UNKNOWN permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | High. Source build required |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Dormant 4,694 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 373,889 / month, #7,153 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: System AdministratorsLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseOperating System :: BeOSOperating System :: MacOS :: MacOS XOperating System :: Microsoft :: WindowsOperating System :: Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows 95/98/2000Operating System :: Other OSOperating System :: POSIX :: BSDOperating System :: POSIX :: LinuxOperating System :: POSIX :: OtherOperating System :: POSIX :: SunOS/SolarisProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 2Programming Language :: Python :: 3Topic :: System |
Evidence: uptime-3.0.1.tar.gz
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