10 Standard Library Coverage
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Library Description MicroPython Status Notes
future Future statement definitions micropython-lib
main The environment where the top-level script is run.
_thread Low-level threading API. See Threads for more info.
abc Abstract base classes according to :pep:3119. Placeholder in micropython-lib
argparse Command-line option and argument parsing library. micropython-lib
array Space efficient arrays of uniformly typed numeric values. built-in
ast Abstract Syntax Tree classes and manipulation. Requires _ast to be implemented in core MicroPython.
asyncio Asynchronous I/O. built-in
atexit Register and execute cleanup functions. atexit module itself is not implemented in MicroPython, but the atexit.register() functionality is largely implemented via sys.atexit()
base64 RFC 3548: Base16, Base32, Base64 Data Encodings; Base85 and Ascii85 micropython-lib
bdb Debugger framework.
binascii Tools for converting between binary and various ASCII-encoded binary representations. built-in and micropython-lib
binhex Encode and decode files in binhex4 format. Deprecated since CPython 3.9
bisect Array bisection algorithms for binary searching. micropython-lib
builtins The module that provides the built-in namespace. built-in
bz2 Interfaces for bzip2 compression and decompression.
calendar Functions for working with calendars, including some emulation of the Unix cal program. See #521
cmath Mathematical functions for complex numbers. built-in
cmd Build line-oriented command interpreters. micropython-lib
code Facilities to implement read-eval-print loops.
codecs Encode and decode data and streams.
codeop Compile (possibly incomplete) Python code.
collections Container datatypes 🟡 See Collections module for more info.
collections.abc Abstract base classes for containers
colorsys Conversion functions between RGB and other color systems. 🟡 Implementation proposed in Micropython Lib #452
compileall Tools for byte-compiling all Python source files in a directory tree.
concurrent ?
concurrent.futures Execute computations concurrently using threads or processes. ?
configparser Configuration file parser. ?
contextlib Utilities for with-statement contexts. micropython-lib
contextvars Context Variables ?
copy Shallow and deep copy operations. micropython-lib
copyreg Register pickle support functions. ?
cProfile ?
csv Write and read tabular data to and from delimited files. CPython splits the implementation into a Python module, csv.py, and a C module, _csv.c. It might be possible to port _csv.c and use csv.py directly.
ctypes A foreign function library for Python. 🟡 See uctypes. Different to CPython to reduce memory use.
curses An interface to the curses library, providing portable terminal handling. ?
curses.ascii Constants and set-membership functions for ASCII characters. micropython-lib
curses.panel A panel stack extension that adds depth to curses windows. ?
curses.textpad Emacs-like input editing in a curses window. ?
dataclasses Generate special methods on user-defined classes. ?
datetime Basic date and time types. micropython-lib
dbm Interfaces to various Unix "database" formats. ?
dbm.dumb Portable implementation of the simple DBM interface. ?
dbm.gnu GNU's reinterpretation of dbm. ?
dbm.ndbm The standard "database" interface, based on ndbm. ?
decimal Implementation of the General Decimal Arithmetic Specification. 🟡 See third-part mpy-decimal.
difflib Helpers for computing differences between objects. ?
dis Disassembler for Python bytecode. ?
distutils and submodules Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python installation.
doctest Test pieces of code within docstrings. ?
email Package supporting the parsing, manipulating, and generating email messages. ?
email.charset Character Sets micropython-lib
email.contentmanager Storing and Retrieving Content from MIME Parts ?
email.encoders Encoders for email message payloads. micropython-lib
email.errors The exception classes used by the email package. micropython-lib
email.generator Generate flat text email messages from a message structure. ?
email.header Representing non-ASCII headers micropython-lib
email.headerregistry Automatic Parsing of headers based on the field name ?
email.iterators Iterate over a message object tree. ?
email.message The base class representing email messages. micropython-lib
email.mime Build MIME messages. ?
email.parser Parse flat text email messages to produce a message object structure. micropython-lib
email.policy Controlling the parsing and generating of messages ?
email.utils Miscellaneous email package utilities. micropython-lib
encodings ?
encodings.idna Internationalized Domain Names implementation ?
encodings.mbcs Windows ANSI codepage ?
encodings.utf_8_sig UTF-8 codec with BOM signature ?
ensurepip Bootstrapping the "pip" installer into an existing Python installation or virtual environment. ?
enum Implementation of an enumeration class. Metaclasses are not yet supported in MicroPython and it's challenging to provide enum support without it.
errno Standard errno system symbols. built-in and micropython-lib
faulthandler Dump the Python traceback. ?
fcntl The fcntl() and ioctl() system calls. ?
filecmp Compare files efficiently. ?
fileinput Loop over standard input or a list of files. ?
fnmatch Unix shell style filename pattern matching. micropython-lib
formatter Deprecated: Generic output formatter and device interface. ?
fractions Rational numbers. ?
ftplib FTP protocol client (requires sockets). ?
functools Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects. micropython-lib
gc Interface to the cycle-detecting garbage collector. built-in
getopt Portable parser for command line options; support both short and long option names. micropython-lib
getpass Portable reading of passwords and retrieval of the userid. ?
gettext Multilingual internationalization services. ?
glob Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion. micropython-lib
graphlib Functionality to operate with graph-like structures ?
grp The group database (getgrnam() and friends). ?
gzip Interfaces for gzip compression and decompression using file objects. micropython-lib
hashlib Secure hash and message digest algorithms. built-in and micropython-lib
heapq Heap queue algorithm (a.k.a. priority queue). built-in and micropython-lib
hmac Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication (HMAC) implementation micropython-lib
html Helpers for manipulating HTML. micropython-lib
html.entities Definitions of HTML general entities. micropython-lib
html.parser A simple parser that can handle HTML and XHTML. micropython-lib
http HTTP status codes and messages ?
http.client HTTP and HTTPS protocol client (requires sockets). micropython-lib
http.cookiejar Classes for automatic handling of HTTP cookies. ?
http.cookies Support for HTTP state management (cookies). ?
http.server HTTP server and request handlers. ?
imaplib IMAP4 protocol client (requires sockets). ?
imp Deprecated: Access the implementation of the import statement. ?
importlib The implementation of the import machinery. ?
importlib.abc Abstract base classes related to import ?
importlib.machinery Importers and path hooks ?
importlib.metadata The implementation of the importlib metadata. ?
importlib.resources Package resource reading, opening, and access ?
importlib.util Utility code for importers ?
inspect Extract information and source code from live objects. Placeholder in micropython-lib
io Core tools for working with streams. built-in and micropython-lib
ipaddress IPv4/IPv6 manipulation library. ?
itertools Functions creating iterators for efficient looping. micropython-lib
json Encode and decode the JSON format. built-in and micropython-lib
json.tool A command line to validate and pretty-print JSON. ?
keyword Test whether a string is a keyword in Python. micropython-lib
lib2to3 The 2to3 library ?
linecache Provides random access to individual lines from text files.
locale Internationalization services. micropython-lib
logging Flexible event logging system for applications. micropython-lib
logging.config Configuration of the logging module. ?
logging.handlers Handlers for the logging module. ?
lzma A Python wrapper for the liblzma compression library. ?
mailbox Manipulate mailboxes in various formats ?
mailcap Mailcap file handling. ?
marshal Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with different constraints). ?
math Mathematical functions (sin() etc.). built-in
mimetypes Mapping of filename extensions to MIME types. ?
mmap Interface to memory-mapped files for Unix and Windows. ?
modulefinder Find modules used by a script. ?
msvcrt Miscellaneous useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime. ?
multiprocessing Process-based parallelism. ?
multiprocessing.connection API for dealing with sockets. ?
multiprocessing.dummy Dumb wrapper around threading. ?
multiprocessing.managers Share data between process with shared objects. ?
multiprocessing.pool Create pools of processes. ?
multiprocessing.shared_memory Provides shared memory for direct access across processes. ?
multiprocessing.sharedctypes Allocate ctypes objects from shared memory. ?
netrc Loading of .netrc files. ?
numbers Numeric abstract base classes (Complex, Real, Integral, etc.). ?
operator Functions corresponding to the standard operators. micropython-lib
optparse Deprecated: Command-line option parsing library. ?
os Miscellaneous operating system interfaces. built-in and micropython-lib
os.path Operations on pathnames. micropython-lib
parser Access parse trees for Python source code. ?
pathlib Object-oriented filesystem paths ?
pdb The Python debugger for interactive interpreters. ?
pickle Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back. micropython-lib
pickletools Contains extensive comments about the pickle protocols and pickle-machine opcodes, as well as some useful functions. ?
pkgutil Utilities for the import system. micropython-lib
platform Retrieves as much platform identifying data as possible. ?
plistlib Generate and parse Apple plist files. ?
poplib POP3 protocol client (requires sockets). ?
posix The most common POSIX system calls (normally used via module os). ?
pprint Data pretty printer. micropython-lib
profile Python source profiler. ?
pstats Statistics object for use with the profiler. ?
pty Pseudo-Terminal Handling for Linux. ?
pwd The password database (getpwnam() and friends). ?
py_compile Generate byte-code files from Python source files. ?
pyclbr Supports information extraction for a Python module browser. ?
pydoc Documentation generator and online help system. ?
queue A synchronized queue class. ?
quopri Encode and decode files using the MIME quoted-printable encoding. micropython-lib
random Generate pseudo-random numbers with various common distributions. built-in and micropython-lib
re Regular expression operations. built-in
readline GNU readline support for Python. ?
reprlib Alternate repr() implementation with size limits. ?
resource An interface to provide resource usage information on the current process. ?
rlcompleter Python identifier completion, suitable for the GNU readline library. ?
runpy Locate and run Python modules without importing them first. ?
sched General purpose event scheduler. ?
secrets Generate secure random numbers for managing secrets. ?
select Wait for I/O completion on multiple streams. built-in
selectors High-level I/O multiplexing. ?
shelve Python object persistence. ?
shlex Simple lexical analysis for Unix shell-like languages. ?
shutil High-level file operations, including copying. micropython-lib
signal Set handlers for asynchronous events. ?
site Module responsible for site-specific configuration. ?
smtplib SMTP protocol client (requires sockets). ?
socket Low-level networking interface. built-in and micropython-lib
socketserver A framework for network servers. ?
sqlite3 A DB-API 2.0 implementation using SQLite 3.x. ?
ssl TLS/SSL wrapper for socket objects built-in and micropython-lib
stat Utilities for interpreting the results of os.stat(), os.lstat() and os.fstat(). micropython-lib
statistics Mathematical statistics functions ?
string Common string operations. micropython-lib
stringprep String preparation, as per RFC 3453 ?
struct Interpret bytes as packed binary data. built-in and micropython-lib
subprocess Subprocess management. ?
symbol Constants representing internal nodes of the parse tree. ?
symtable Interface to the compiler's internal symbol tables. ?
sys Access system-specific parameters and functions. built-in
sysconfig Python's configuration information ?
syslog An interface to the Unix syslog library routines. ?
tabnanny Tool for detecting white space related problems in Python source files in a directory tree. ?
tarfile Read and write tar-format archive files. ?
tempfile Generate temporary files and directories. ?
termios POSIX style tty control. ?
test Regression tests package containing the testing suite for Python. ?
test.support Support for Python's regression test suite. ?
test.support.bytecode_helper Support tools for testing correct bytecode generation. ?
test.support.script_helper Support for Python's script execution tests. ?
test.support.socket_helper Support for socket tests. ?
textwrap Text wrapping and filling micropython-lib
threading Thread-based parallelism. micropython-lib
time Time access and conversions. built-in
timeit Measure the execution time of small code snippets. micropython-lib
tkinter and submodules Interface to Tcl/Tk for graphical user interfaces
token Constants representing terminal nodes of the parse tree. ?
tokenize Lexical scanner for Python source code.
trace Trace or track Python statement execution. ?
traceback Print or retrieve a stack traceback. micropython-lib
tracemalloc Trace memory allocations. ?
tty Utility functions that perform common terminal control operations. ?
turtle An educational framework for simple graphics applications ?
turtledemo A viewer for example turtle scripts ?
types Names for built-in types. 🟡 micropython-lib (missing at least MappingProxyType, maybe more)
typing Support for type hints (see :pep:484). ?
unicodedata Access the Unicode Database. ?
unittest Unit testing framework for Python. micropython-lib
unittest.mock Mock object library. ?
urllib ?
urllib.error Exception classes raised by urllib.request. ?
urllib.parse Parse URLs into or assemble them from components. micropython-lib
urllib.request Extensible library for opening URLs. ?
urllib.response Response classes used by urllib. ?
urllib.robotparser Load a robots.txt file and answer questions about fetchability of other URLs. ?
uuid UUID objects (universally unique identifiers) according to RFC 4122 ?
venv Creation of virtual environments. ?
warnings Issue warning messages and control their disposition. micropython-lib
wave Provide an interface to the WAV sound format. ?
weakref Support for weak references and weak dictionaries. ?
webbrowser Easy-to-use controller for Web browsers. ?
winreg Routines and objects for manipulating the Windows registry. ?
winsound Access to the sound-playing machinery for Windows. ?
wsgiref WSGI Utilities and Reference Implementation. ?
wsgiref.handlers WSGI server/gateway base classes. ?
wsgiref.headers WSGI response header tools. ?
wsgiref.simple_server A simple WSGI HTTP server. ?
wsgiref.util WSGI environment utilities. ?
wsgiref.validate WSGI conformance checker. ?
xml Package containing XML processing modules ?
xml.dom Document Object Model API for Python. ?
xml.dom.minidom Minimal Document Object Model (DOM) implementation. ?
xml.dom.pulldom Support for building partial DOM trees from SAX events. ?
xml.etree.ElementTree Implementation of the ElementTree API. ?
xml.parsers.expat An interface to the Expat non-validating XML parser. ?
xml.parsers.expat.errors ?
xml.parsers.expat.model ?
xml.sax Package containing SAX2 base classes and convenience functions. ?
xml.sax.handler Base classes for SAX event handlers. ?
xml.sax.saxutils Convenience functions and classes for use with SAX. ?
xml.sax.xmlreader Interface which SAX-compliant XML parsers must implement. ?
xmlrpc ?
xmlrpc.client XML-RPC client access. ?
xmlrpc.server Basic XML-RPC server implementations. ?
zipapp Manage executable Python zip archives ?
zipfile Read and write ZIP-format archive files. ?
zipimport Support for importing Python modules from ZIP archives. ?
zlib Low-level interface to compression and decompression routines compatible with gzip. built-in
zoneinfo IANA time zone support ?