Poetry

Python dependency management and packaging made easy

Also known as
poetry

What is Poetry?

Poetry is a tool for dependency management and packaging in Python. It provides project environment isolation, supports both PyPI and private repositories for package discovery and publishing, and enforces PEP 440-compliant versioning.

Independently observed

Poetry pricing

We don't have Poetry's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
FreeFree tier

Free

What Poetry does

The capabilities that matter for package registries, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Role
Public registry
Ecosystem
Ecosystem / language
Python
Deployment
Deployment
CLI-local
Formats
Package formats supported
-
Hosting
Private / scoped packages
Upstream proxy / caching
-
Resolution
Lockfile / deterministic installs
-
Workspaces / monorepo
-
Content-addressable store
-
Supply chain
Supply-chain integrity
-
Vulnerability / licence scanning
-
Licensing
Openness
Open-source
Pricing
Pricing model
Free / OSS
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
Deployment
  • Self-hosted

Poetry alternatives

Other package registries we track, ranked by the same independent score.

Independent · unbought · dated

The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Poetry, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 68 / 100
low · 32%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Package Downloads9422.002077.0
Release Cadence9210.00922.2
Github Activity3416.00543.6
Pricing Transparency806.00480.0
Capabilities2914.00404.7
Price Level1004.00400.0
Github Stars864.00342.2
Reliability08.000.0-
Integrations08.000.0-
Security Posture026.000.0-
Stackoverflow Activity08.000.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d11mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars34,291highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90%
Package downloads weekly18,550,678highsource · 2026-08-03 · 85%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"role":"public_registry","ecosystem":"python","deployment":"cli_local","open_source":"oss","pricing_model":"free","private_packages":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryPythonhighsource · 2026-08-03 · 98%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxMIThighsource · 2026-08-03 · 95%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
Modelcommerciallowsource · 2026-08-03 · 40%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days14mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 70%