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Python2016–2026
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warehouse
The Python Package Index
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45Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
4.2KGitHub stars
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Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 11:19:25 AM UTC.
Mentions over time
HN mentions by year45 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2016-05-16 11:04:07 UTC to 2026-03-27 21:57:46 UTC.
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Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
From the project README
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Read the project’s introduction
Warehouse
Warehouse is the software that powers PyPI.
See our documentation and
architectural overview.
Getting Started
You can run Warehouse locally in a development environment using
docker. See Getting started
documentation for instructions on how to set it up.
The canonical deployment of Warehouse is in production at pypi.org.
Discussion
You can find help or get involved on:
Github issue tracker for reporting issues
IRC: on Libera, channel #pypa for general packaging discussion
and user support, and #pypa-dev for
discussions about development of packaging tools
The PyPA Discord for live discussions
The Packaging category on Discourse for discussing
new ideas and community initiatives
Testing
Read the running tests and linters section of our documentation to
learn how to test your code.
Code of Conduct
Everyone interacting in the Warehouse project's codebases, issue trackers, chat
rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the PSF Code of Conduct.
Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
2 sourcesI added a comment here: https://github.com/pypa/warehouse/issues/991
(For some reason there is vocal opposition to showing any popularity stats, effectively making good packages drowning in the see of not-even-updated ones.)
In Powering the Python Package IndexThe next generation of the package index has been in development for some time now. Have a look at:
https://pypi.io/
https://github.com/pypa/warehouse
https://warehouse.readthedocs.io/
In Powering the Python Package Index