Minimal PyPI server for uploading & downloading packages with pip/easy_install
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| name | description |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.4.2 |
| Date: | 2026-09-20 |
| Source | https://github.com/pypiserver/pypiserver |
| PyPI | https://pypi.org/project/pypiserver/ |
| Tests | https://github.com/pypiserver/pypiserver/actions |
| Maintainers | @ankostis, @mplanchard, @dee-me-tree-or-love, @pawamoy, Someone new? We are open for new maintainers! #397 |
| License | zlib/libpng + MIT |
| Community | https://pypiserver.zulipchat.com |
Tip
Reach out in [**Discussions**](https://github.com/pypiserver/pypiserver/discussions), or chat with us on [**Zulip**](https://pypiserver.zulipchat.com)
pypiserver is a minimal PyPI compatible server for pip or easy_install. It is based on bottle and serves packages from regular directories. Wheels, bdists, eggs and accompanying PGP-signatures can be uploaded either with pip, setuptools, twine, pypi-uploader, or simply copied with scp.
Note
The official software powering [PyPI](https://pypi.org/) is [Warehouse](https://github.com/pypa/warehouse/). However, [Warehouse](https://github.com/pypa/warehouse/) is fairly specialized to be **pypi.org**'s own software, and should not be used in other contexts. In particular, it does not officially support being used as a custom package index by users wishing to serve their own packages.
pypiserver implements the same interfaces as PyPI, allowing standard Python packaging tooling such as pip and twine to interact with it as a package index just as they would with PyPI, while making it much easier to get a running index server.
Table of Contents
Important
**pypiserver** works with Python 3.10+ and PyPy3.
Warning
Older Python versions may still work, but they are not tested.For legacy Python versions, use pypiserver-1.x series.
Note that these are not officially supported, and will not receive bugfixes or new features.
Tip
The commands below work on a unix-like operating system with a posix shell.
The '~' character expands to user's home directory.If you're using Windows, you'll have to use their "Windows counterparts".
The same is true for the rest of this documentation.
Install pypiserver with this command
pip install pypiserver # Or: pypiserver[passlib,cache]
mkdir ~/packages # Copy packages into this directory.
Tip
See also [Alternative Installation methods](#alternative-installation-methods)
Copy some packages into your ~/packages folder and then get your pypiserver up and running
pypi-server run -p 8080 ~/packages & # Will listen to all IPs.
From the client computer, type this
# Download and install hosted packages.
pip install --extra-index-url http://localhost:8080/simple/ ...
# or
pip install --extra-index-url http://localhost:8080 ...
# Search hosted packages.
pip search --index http://localhost:8080 ...
# Note that pip search does not currently work with the /simple/ endpoint.
Tip
See also [Client-side configurations](#client-side-configurations) for avoiding tedious typing.
Enter pypi-server -h in the cmd-line to print a detailed usage message
usage: pypi-server [-h] [-v] [--log-file FILE] [--log-stream STREAM]
[--log-frmt FORMAT] [--hash-algo HASH_ALGO]
[--backend {auto,simple-dir,cached-dir}] [--version]
{run,update} ...
start PyPI compatible package server serving packages from PACKAGES_DIRECTORY. If PACKAGES_DIRECTORY is not given on the command line, it uses the default ~/packages. pypiserver scans this directory recursively for packages. It skips packages and directories starting with a dot. Multiple package directories may be specified.
positional arguments:
{run,update}
run Run pypiserver, serving packages from
PACKAGES_DIRECTORY
update Handle updates of packages managed by pypiserver. By
default, a pip command to update the packages is
printed to stdout for introspection or pipelining. See
the `-x` option for updating packages directly.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose Enable verbose logging; repeat for more verbosity.
--log-file FILE Write logging info into this FILE, as well as to
stdout or stderr, if configured.
--log-stream STREAM Log messages to the specified STREAM. Valid values are
stdout, stderr, and none
--log-frmt FORMAT The logging format-string. (see `logging.LogRecord`
class from standard python library)
--hash-algo HASH_ALGO
Any `hashlib` available algorithm to use for
generating fragments on package links. Can be disabled
with one of (0, no, off, false).
--backend {auto,simple-dir,cached-dir}
A backend implementation. Keep the default 'auto' to
automatically determine whether to activate caching or
not
--version show program's version number and exit
Visit https://github.com/pypiserver/pypiserver for more information
Enter pypi-server run -h in the cmd-line to print a detailed usage
usage: pypi-server run [-h] [-v] [--log-file FILE] [--log-stream STREAM]
[--log-frmt FORMAT] [--hash-algo HASH_ALGO]
[--backend {auto,simple-dir,cached-dir}] [--version]
[-p PORT] [-i HOST] [-a AUTHENTICATE]
[-P PASSWORD_FILE] [--disable-fallback]
[--fallback-url FALLBACK_URL]
[--health-endpoint HEALTH_ENDPOINT] [--server METHOD]
[-o] [--welcome HTML_FILE] [--cache-control AGE]
[--log-req-frmt FORMAT] [--log-res-frmt FORMAT]
[--log-err-frmt FORMAT]
[--server-base-url SERVER_BASE_URL]
[package_directory ...]
positional arguments:
package_directory The directory from which to serve packages.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose Enable verbose logging; repeat for more verbosity.
--log-file FILE Write logging info into this FILE, as well as to
stdout or stderr, if configured.
--log-stream STREAM Log messages to the specified STREAM. Valid values are
stdout, stderr, and none
--log-frmt FORMAT The logging format-string. (see `logging.LogRecord`
class from standard python library)
--hash-algo HASH_ALGO
Any `hashlib` available algorithm to use for
generating fragments on package links. Can be disabled
with one of (0, no, off, false).
--backend {auto,simple-dir,cached-dir}
A backend implementation. Keep the default 'auto' to
automatically determine whether to activate caching or
not
--version show program's version number and exit
-p PORT, --port PORT Listen on port PORT (default: 8080)
-i HOST, -H HOST, --interface HOST, --host HOST
Listen on interface INTERFACE (default: 0.0.0.0)
-a AUTHENTICATE, --authenticate AUTHENTICATE
Comma-separated list of (case-insensitive) actions to
authenticate (options: download, list, update;
default: update).
Any actions not specified are not authenticated, so
to authenticate downloads and updates, but allow
unauthenticated viewing of the package list, you would
use:
pypi-server -a 'download, update' -P
./my_passwords.htaccess
To disable authentication, use:
pypi-server -a . -P .
See the `-P` option for configuring users and
passwords.
Note that when uploads are not protected, the
`register` command is not necessary, but `~/.pypirc`
still needs username and password fields, even if
bogus.
-P PASSWORD_FILE, --passwords PASSWORD_FILE
Use an apache htpasswd file PASSWORD_FILE to set
usernames and passwords for authentication.
To allow unauthorized access, use:
pypi-server -a . -P .
--disable-fallback Disable the default redirect to PyPI for packages not
found in the local index.
--fallback-url FALLBACK_URL
Redirect to FALLBACK_URL for packages not found in the
local index.
--health-endpoint HEALTH_ENDPOINT
Configure a custom liveness endpoint. It always
returns 200 Ok if the service is up. Otherwise, it
means that the service is not responsive.
--server METHOD Use METHOD to run the server. Valid values include
paste, cherrypy, twisted, gunicorn, gevent, wsgiref,
and auto. The default is to use "auto", which chooses
one of paste, cherrypy, twisted, or wsgiref.
-o, --overwrite Allow overwriting existing package files during
upload.
--welcome HTML_FILE Use the contents of HTML_FILE as a custom welcome
message on the home page.
--cache-control AGE Add "Cache-Control: max-age=AGE" header to package
downloads. Pip 6+ requires this for caching. AGE is
specified in seconds.
--log-req-frmt FORMAT
A format-string selecting Http-Request properties to
log; set to '%s' to see them all.
--log-res-frmt FORMAT
A format-string selecting Http-Response properties to
log; set to '%s' to see them all.
--log-err-frmt FORMAT
A format-string selecting Http-Error properties to
log; set to '%s' to see them all.
--server-base-url SERVER_BASE_URL
Serve all routes under SERVER_BASE_URL prefix
(default: {DEFAULTS.SERVER_BASE_URL})
More details about pypi-server update
usage: pypi-server update [-h] [-v] [--log-file FILE] [--log-stream STREAM]
[--log-frmt FORMAT] [--hash-algo HASH_ALGO]
[--backend {auto,simple-dir,cached-dir}] [--version]
[-x] [-d DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY] [-u]
[--blacklist-file IGNORELIST_FILE]
[package_directory ...]
positional arguments:
package_directory The directory from which to serve packages.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose Enable verbose logging; repeat for more verbosity.
--log-file FILE Write logging info into this FILE, as well as to
stdout or stderr, if configured.
--log-stream STREAM Log messages to the specified STREAM. Valid values are
stdout, stderr, and none
--log-frmt FORMAT The logging format-string. (see `logging.LogRecord`
class from standard python library)
--hash-algo HASH_ALGO
Any `hashlib` available algorithm to use for
generating fragments on package links. Can be disabled
with one of (0, no, off, false).
--backend {auto,simple-dir,cached-dir}
A backend implementation. Keep the default 'auto' to
automatically determine whether to activate caching or
not
--version show program's version number and exit
-x, --execute Execute the pip commands rather than printing to
stdout
-d DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY, --download-directory DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY
Specify a directory where packages updates will be
downloaded. The default behavior is to use the
directory which contains the package being updated.
-u, --allow-unstable Allow updating to unstable versions (alpha, beta, rc,
dev, etc.)
--blacklist-file IGNORELIST_FILE, --ignorelist-file IGNORELIST_FILE
Don't update packages listed in this file (one package
name per line, without versions, '#' comments
honored). This can be useful if you upload private
packages into pypiserver, but also keep a mirror of
public packages that you regularly update. Attempting
to pull an update of a private package from `pypi.org`
might pose a security risk - e.g. a malicious user
might publish a higher version of the private package,
containing arbitrary code.
Always specifying the pypi url on the command line is a bit cumbersome.
Tip
Since **pypiserver** redirects **pip/easy_install** to the **pypi.org** index if it doesn't have a requested package, it is a good idea to configure them to always use your local pypi index.
For pip command this can be done by setting the environment variable PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL in your .bashr/.profile/.zshrc
export PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL=http://localhost:8080/simple/
or by adding the following lines to ~/.pip/pip.conf
[global]
extra-index-url = http://localhost:8080/simple/
Note
If you have installed pypiserver on a remote url without https you will receive an "untrusted" warning from pip, urging you to append the --trusted-host option. You can also include this option permanently in your configuration-files or environment variables.
For easy_install command you may set the following configuration in ~/.pydistutils.cfg
[easy_install]
index_url = http://localhost:8080/simple/
Instead of copying packages directly to the server's folder (i.e. with scp),
you may use python tools for the task, e.g. python setup.py upload.
In that case, pypiserver is responsible for authenticating the upload-requests.
Important
We strongly advise to password-protect your uploads!
It is possible to disable authentication for uploads (e.g. in intranets). To avoid lazy security decisions, read help for -P and -a options.
First make sure you have the passlib module installed (note that passlib>=1.6 is required), which is needed for parsing the Apache htpasswd file specified by the -P, --passwords option (see next steps)
pip install passlib
Create the Apache htpasswd file with at least one user/password pair with this command (you'll be prompted for a password)
htpasswd -sc htpasswd.txt <some_username>
Tip
Read this SO question for running
htpasswdcmd under Windows or if you have bogus passwords that you don't care because they are for an internal service (which is still "bad", from a security perspective...) you may use this public service
Tip
When accessing pypiserver via the api, alternate authentication methods are available via the auther config flag. Any callable returning a boolean can be passed through to the pypiserver config in order to provide custom authentication. For example, to configure pypiserver to authenticate using the python-pam
import pam pypiserver.default_config(auther=pam.authenticate)
Please see Using Ad-hoc authentication providers for more information.
You need to restart the server with the -P option only once (but user/password pairs can later be added or updated on the fly)
./pypi-server run -p 8080 -P htpasswd.txt ~/packages &
On client-side, edit or create a ~/.pypirc file with a similar content:
[distutils]
index-servers =
pypi
local
[pypi]
username:<your_pypi_username>
password:<your_pypi_passwd>
[local]
repository: http://localhost:8080
username: <some_username>
password: <some_passwd>
Then from within the directory of the python-project you wish to upload, issue this command:
python setup.py sdist upload -r local
To avoid storing you passwords on disk, in clear text, you may either:
use the register setuptools's command with the -r option, like that
python setu
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