awesome-python/docs/audit-logs.md

Audit Log

awesome-python is audited section by section. Every entry gets re-verified against live data, and every removal lands in a commit whose body carries the reason. Git history is the archive. This file is the at-a-glance register of maintainer decisions that a single commit can't show.

Overrides

CONTRIBUTING.md allows the maintainer to exceed any limit for a specific entry or use case. Each override is recorded here.

Naming Exceptions

Display names follow the canonical PyPI package name. These entries keep a different name by maintainer decision:

• autobahn-python -- autobahn.
• django-rest-framework -- djangorestframework.
• django-rules -- rules.
• fasthtml -- python-fasthtml.
• jinja -- Jinja2.
• mem0 -- mem0ai.
• pangu.py -- pangu.
• playwright-python -- playwright.
• pytorch -- torch.
• strawberry -- strawberry-graphql.
• strawberry-django -- strawberry-graphql-django.

Stability Exceptions

Entries admitted despite the Stable quality requirement, by maintainer decision:

• zensical -- admitted 2026-08-23 at version 0.0.57, PyPI classifier Development Status :: 3 - Alpha, with no 1.0 target announced. Admitted as a challenger displacing mkdocs because the Documentation section was carrying a dying upstream: the Material for MkDocs team's announcement of 2025-11-05 put Material into maintenance mode for twelve months and called MkDocs itself unmaintained since 2024-08 and a supply chain risk. Re-check when 1.0 lands.
• openviking -- admitted 2026-08-25 (PR #3302) at version 0.4.16, PyPI classifier Development Status :: 3 - Alpha, with a README that said "OpenViking is still in its early stages". Admitted as a Data Layer challenger because the adoption is real: 459,446 downloads/month on pypistats (mirror-excluded) on 2026-08-24, and releases every few days. Re-check when 1.0 lands.
• claude-agent-sdk -- kept 2026-10-01 in the AI and Agents audit at version 0.2.163, PyPI classifier Development Status :: 3 - Alpha. Kept as a Vendor Agent SDKs obvious choice because the adoption is real: 30,033,689 downloads/month on ClickPy on 2026-10-01, up from 1.2M in March 2026 on pypistats. Re-check when 1.0 lands.
• keras -- kept 2026-10-02 in the AI & ML audit as a Deep Learning Frameworks Second Tier challenger at version 3.15.1, PyPI classifier Development Status :: 4 - Beta. Kept because Keras 3 is a production multi-backend API; the classifier lags the project.
• stanza -- kept 2026-10-02 in the AI & ML audit as an NLP General challenger at version 1.15.0, PyPI classifier Development Status :: 4 - Beta. Kept because it is Stanford NLP's official library with releases through 2026-10-01; the classifier lags the project.
• kornia -- kept 2026-10-02 in the AI & ML audit as a Computer Vision General challenger at version 0.8.3, PyPI classifier Development Status :: 4 - Beta. Kept on 2,181,803 downloads/month on pypistats; the classifier lags the project.
• implicit -- kept 2026-10-02 in the AI & ML audit as a Recommender Systems obvious choice at version 0.7.3, PyPI classifier Development Status :: 4 - Beta. Kept on 234,833 downloads/month on pypistats and cp314 wheels; the classifier lags the project.
• statsforecast -- admitted 2026-10-02 in the AI & ML audit as a Time Series Forecasting obvious choice at version 2.1.1, PyPI classifier Development Status :: 4 - Beta. Admitted on 1,339,344 downloads/month on pypistats; the classifier lags the project.

Challenger Exceptions

Entries admitted as challengers without adoption-trajectory evidence, by maintainer decision:

• seleniumbase -- admitted 2026-08-16 (PR #3284) as a Browser Automation challenger. It wraps selenium, the successor trajectory in the use case belongs to playwright, and its distinct value is its stealth/UC mode. Admitted because that stealth value counts toward Browser Automation.
• semantica -- kept 2026-10-01 in the AI and Agents audit as a Data Layer challenger at 16,582 downloads/month on ClickPy, with no adoption-trajectory evidence found. Kept by maintainer decision.

Mature-stable Keeps

These entries sit past the 12-month activity requirement without an override. Each one is kept by editorial judgment: mature, stable, and no successor exists.

• annoy -- kept 2026-10-02 in the AI & ML audit, last push 2025-10-29. Unlike the others it has a successor, Spotify's own Voyager (2023), but kept by maintainer decision on 911,913 downloads/month on pypistats.
• ftfy
• itsdangerous
• jieba
• jinja
• sortedcontainers