zmq
You are probably looking for pyzmq.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. This is a stub package (version 0.0.0) with no actual code. Install pyzmq instead, which is the active, maintained project providing real ZeroMQ bindings. The high install friction and redirect-only nature of this package make it unsuitable for any real use.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- This package (zmq 0.0.0) is a stub.
- You must install pyzmq instead to get working ZeroMQ bindings.
- The libzmq C library must also be installed on your system or built during installation.
License · maintenance · safety
BSD (permissive) — Licensed under BSD (permissive), which allows commercial and private use with attribution. However, this is a redirect package with no actual code, so the license applies only to any minimal wrapper content.
last release 2015-05-21 (4103 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 4,161 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 626,869 downloads/mo, #5,684 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
# This package redirects to pyzmq. Install the actual library instead:
# pip install pyzmq
import zmq
context = zmq.Context()
socket = context.socket(zmq.REQ)- Whether installing this stub package automatically redirects to or installs pyzmq, or whether it fails silently.
- Current status of the pyzmq project and whether it remains the canonical source for ZeroMQ Python bindings.
What it is and what it does
This is a stub or redirect package pointing users to pyzmq, the official Python bindings for ZeroMQ (ØMQ), a lightweight messaging library. ZeroMQ provides fast, asynchronous messaging patterns for distributed systems. The actual implementation lives in the pyzmq package, which wraps the libzmq C library and supports Python 3.9 and later, as well as PyPy.
The zmq package itself (version 0.0.0) contains no functional code—it exists only to redirect developers to the correct package. Installing this stub will not give you working ZeroMQ bindings; you must install pyzmq instead.
Use it for
- Building distributed messaging systems that need fast, lightweight inter-process or network communication.
- Implementing request-reply, publish-subscribe, or push-pull messaging patterns in Python applications.
- Creating microservices or event-driven architectures that rely on asynchronous message passing.
Worth the install?
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No.
This is a stub package (version 0.0.0) with no actual code. Install pyzmq instead, which is the active, maintained project providing real ZeroMQ bindings. The high install friction and redirect-only nature of this package make it unsuitable for any real use.
Install
zmq on PyPI
Before you install
High install friction: this is a stub package (version 0.0.0) with no runtime dependencies and only archive distributions available. The fact sheet indicates you should install pyzmq instead, which is the active, maintained project.
This package (zmq 0.0.0) is a stub. You must install pyzmq instead to get working ZeroMQ bindings. The libzmq C library must also be installed on your system or built during installation.
License in practice
Licensed under BSD (permissive), which allows commercial and private use with attribution. However, this is a redirect package with no actual code, so the license applies only to any minimal wrapper content.
Quickstart
# This package redirects to pyzmq. Install the actual library instead:
# pip install pyzmq
import zmq
context = zmq.Context()
socket = context.socket(zmq.REQ)Verify before relying
- Whether installing this stub package automatically redirects to or installs pyzmq, or whether it fails silently.
- Current status of the pyzmq project and whether it remains the canonical source for ZeroMQ Python bindings.
Package facts
| License | BSD permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | High. Source build required |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 4,103 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 626,869 / month, #5,684 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: zmq-0.0.0.tar.gz; zmq-0.0.0.zip
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