PyPA specifications

This is a list of currently active interoperability specifications maintained by the Python Packaging Authority. The process for updating these standards, and for proposing new ones, is documented on pypa.io.

Package Distribution Metadata

• Core metadata specifications
• Version specifiers
• Dependency specifiers
• Declaring build system dependencies
• Distribution formats
• Platform compatibility tags
• Recording installed distributions
• Entry points specification

Package Index Interfaces

• Simple repository API