yarg
A semi hard Cornish cheese, also queries PyPI (PyPI client)
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need lightweight PyPI metadata queries and don't require active maintenance. The low install friction (one dependency) and permissive license make it a reasonable choice for simple use cases. However, verify that PyPI's API remains compatible with yarg's parsing logic, since the package is dormant and you may need to maintain a fork or switch to an actively maintained alternative if PyPI changes its response format.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Low install friction with a single dependency on requests.
- The package is dormant (last release 735 days ago) but received a Python 3.12 support update in its most recent version, suggesting minimal ongoing maintenance.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive and imposes no significant restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in your own projects.
last release 2024-08-09 (735 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 1,245,469 downloads/mo, #4,167 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install yarg
import yarg
package = yarg.get("requests")
print(package.name, package.author)- Whether PyPI's JSON API remains stable and compatible with yarg's parsing logic after 735 days of dormancy
- Current state of the GitHub repository (archived status, open issues, or breaking API changes in PyPI itself)
What it is and what it does
Yarg wraps PyPI's JSON API to let you programmatically fetch and inspect package metadata from Python. It abstracts HTTP requests and JSON parsing into a simple object model where you can query package names, authors, release history, and distribution formats (wheels, eggs, source distributions). The package depends only on requests, making it lightweight to integrate into tools that need to inspect PyPI without building HTTP calls from scratch.
The library is in Beta status and has been dormant for over two years, with minimal active maintenance. Its last update added Python 3.12 support, but the core functionality has remained stable since its initial release in 2014. It works with modern Python versions (3.8 through 3.12) and PyPy, though you should verify that PyPI's API hasn't changed in ways that would break yarg's parsing.
Use it for
- Build a tool that monitors when specific packages receive new releases on PyPI
- Query package metadata programmatically to gather information for dependency analysis or auditing
- Fetch the latest package version and release history without making raw HTTP calls to PyPI
- Inspect package distribution formats (wheel, egg, source) to determine compatibility
- Discover newly published packages or recently updated packages via PyPI's RSS feeds
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you need lightweight PyPI metadata queries and don't require active maintenance.
The low install friction (one dependency) and permissive license make it a reasonable choice for simple use cases. However, verify that PyPI's API remains compatible with yarg's parsing logic, since the package is dormant and you may need to maintain a fork or switch to an actively maintained alternative if PyPI changes its response format.
Install
yarg on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a single dependency on requests. The package is dormant (last release 735 days ago) but received a Python 3.12 support update in its most recent version, suggesting minimal ongoing maintenance.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive and imposes no significant restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in your own projects.
Quickstart
pip install yarg
import yarg
package = yarg.get("requests")
print(package.name, package.author)Verify before relying
- Whether PyPI's JSON API remains stable and compatible with yarg's parsing logic after 735 days of dormancy
- Current state of the GitHub repository (archived status, open issues, or breaking API changes in PyPI itself)
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagerequests |
| Maintenance | Dormant 735 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 1,245,469 / month, #4,167 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseNatural Language :: EnglishProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPythonProgramming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPyTopic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python ModulesTopic :: System :: Archiving :: Packaging |
Evidence: yarg-0.1.10-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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