importlib-metadata

Read metadata from Python packages

About importlib-metadata

Read metadata from Python packages

Key Features

  • Access installed package metadata programmatically
  • Discover and load entry points for plugin architectures
  • Backports importlib.metadata APIs to older Python versions
  • Useful for tooling, CLIs, and runtime capability discovery

Installation

uv add importlib-metadata

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Quick Info

Latest Version
8.7.1
First Release
2018
License
Unknown

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