Boto3
Official AWS SDK for Python enabling developers to write software using AWS services.
SDKs for hosted services PyPI Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
62
0.5% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in sdks for hosted services
#16 of 44
by use in those projects
Downloads
587M
PyPI, last 7 days, boto3
GitHub stars
9,908
last push Oct 9, 2026
How Boto3 is used
Boto3 is a dependency in 62 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.5%), #16 of 44 in sdks for hosted services. The most used alternative there is Supabase JS. Projects that use it most often also use python-dotenv (67.7%), Requests (62.9%), Pydantic (58.1%).
Often used with Boto3
| python-dotenv | 67.7% of Boto3 projects · 10.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| Requests | 62.9% of Boto3 projects · 11.8× more than average |
| Pydantic | 58.1% of Boto3 projects · 11.4× more than average |
| FastAPI | 51.6% of Boto3 projects · 12.2× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 50.0% of Boto3 projects · 11.7× more than average |
| PyYAML | 43.5% of Boto3 projects · 14.4× more than average |
| botocore | 40.3% of Boto3 projects · 189.6× more than average |
| NumPy | 37.1% of Boto3 projects · 9.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Boto3 as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install boto3 |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (58), Next.js (3), Other (1) |
| Example projects | microsoft/edge-ai, RoboFinSystems/robosystems, FeatureFactory-io/mimir, ManojINaik/manimAnimationAgent, madfam-org/tezca |
Alternatives to Boto3
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supabase JS npm Isomorphic JavaScript SDK for Supabase backend-as-a-service. |
927 (7.3%) | 30.5M | 4,574 | MIT |
| Supabase SSR npm Supabase client library optimized for server-side rendering frameworks. |
332 (2.6%) | 8.1M | 210 | MIT |
| Resend npm Node.js SDK for Resend email API to send transactional emails. |
235 (1.9%) | 12.9M | 964 | MIT |
| Firebase npm Google's platform SDK for realtime database, auth, hosting and serverless functions. |
224 (1.8%) | 10.6M | 5,149 | Apache-2.0 |
| AWS SDK for JavaScript (S3) npm Official AWS SDK for uploading, downloading and managing S3 objects. |
200 (1.6%) | 49.4M | 3,673 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stripe npm Official SDK for integrating Stripe payments and billing into applications. |
197 (1.6%) | 23.5M | 4,523 | MIT |
| EmailJS npm Official browser SDK for sending emails directly from client-side JavaScript without a backend. |
189 (1.5%) | 122K | 143 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Supabase CLI npm Command-line tool for managing Supabase projects and databases locally. |
131 (1.0%) | 5.6M | 2,430 | MIT |