workos
WorkOS Python Client
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The library is actively maintained (release 3 days old), has low install friction, carries no known vulnerabilities, and uses a permissive MIT license. It is well-suited for any Python application integrating WorkOS services. The only constraint is Python 3.10+; if your project targets an older version, you cannot use it.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel.
- Actively maintained with a release 3 days old.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive; you can use this library in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-08-11 (3 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 5,685,385 downloads/mo, #2,054 on PyPI
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pip install workos
from workos import WorkOSClient
client = WorkOSClient(api_key="sk_1234", client_id="client_1234")
page = client.organizations.list_organizations()
for org in page.auto_paging_iter():
print(org.name)- Whether the auto-retry behavior (up to 3 times on 429/5xx) and exponential backoff meet your application's resilience needs.
- Whether the 60-second default HTTP timeout is appropriate for your use case or if you'll need per-request overrides.
What it is and what it does
WorkOS is a typed Python client for the WorkOS platform, which provides enterprise identity, organization, and authorization infrastructure. It wraps the WorkOS REST API with a namespace-based interface (e.g., client.sso, client.organizations, client.user_management) and supports both synchronous and asynchronous HTTP calls via httpx. The library handles pagination automatically, includes typed exception classes for different HTTP error codes, and ships with full type annotations for IDE support and static type checking.
The client reads credentials from environment variables or explicit parameters, automatically retries requests with exponential backoff on transient failures, and attaches idempotency keys to POST requests. It covers a broad API surface—SSO, user and organization management, directory sync, audit logs, fine-grained authorization (FGA), feature flags, webhooks, MFA, and more—making it suitable for applications that need to integrate WorkOS services without building HTTP calls by hand.
Use it for
- Integrate WorkOS SSO into a Python web application to authenticate users via SAML, OAuth, or other enterprise protocols.
- Build an admin panel that creates, lists, and manages organizations and their memberships using the organizations and organization_membership namespaces.
- Implement directory sync to pull users and groups from an external directory (LDAP, Active Directory) into your application.
- Set up fine-grained authorization (FGA) to define roles, permissions, and access checks for multi-tenant or complex permission models.
- Verify webhook signatures and process WorkOS events (e.g., user created, organization updated) in your application.
- Generate feature flags and manage targeting rules for A/B testing or gradual feature rollouts.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The library is actively maintained (release 3 days old), has low install friction, carries no known vulnerabilities, and uses a permissive MIT license. It is well-suited for any Python application integrating WorkOS services. The only constraint is Python 3.10+; if your project targets an older version, you cannot use it.
Install
workos on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel. Actively maintained with a release 3 days old. Requires Python 3.10+. Dependencies are all stable, widely-used libraries (cryptography, httpx, pyjwt, typing-extensions).
Requires Python 3.10 or later.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive; you can use this library in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install workos
from workos import WorkOSClient
client = WorkOSClient(api_key="sk_1234", client_id="client_1234")
page = client.organizations.list_organizations()
for org in page.auto_paging_iter():
print(org.name)Verify before relying
- Whether the auto-retry behavior (up to 3 times on 429/5xx) and exponential backoff meet your application's resilience needs.
- Whether the 60-second default HTTP timeout is appropriate for your use case or if you'll need per-request overrides.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagescryptographyhttpxpyjwttyping-extensions |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 3 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 5,685,385 / month, #2,054 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: workos-10.2.0-py3-none-any.whl
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