botocore
Low-level data-driven AWS SDK core providing service clients and resource APIs.
SDKs for hosted services PyPI Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
27
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in sdks for hosted services
#31 of 44
by use in those projects
Downloads
205M
PyPI, last 7 days, botocore
GitHub stars
1,644
last push Oct 9, 2026
How botocore is used
botocore is a dependency in 27 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #31 of 44 in sdks for hosted services. The most used alternative there is Supabase JS. Projects that use it most often also use Boto3 (92.6%), python-dotenv (74.1%), Requests (66.7%).
Often used with botocore
| Boto3 | 92.6% of botocore projects · 189.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| python-dotenv | 74.1% of botocore projects · 11.4× more than average |
| Requests | 66.7% of botocore projects · 12.5× more than average |
| python-dateutil | 59.3% of botocore projects · 45.6× more than average |
| PyYAML | 55.6% of botocore projects · 18.3× more than average |
| JMESPath | 55.6% of botocore projects · 352.7× more than average |
| Pydantic | 55.6% of botocore projects · 10.9× more than average |
| packaging | 51.9% of botocore projects · 45.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list botocore as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install botocore |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (24), Next.js (2), Other (1) |
| Example projects | microsoft/edge-ai, FeatureFactory-io/mimir, ManojINaik/manimAnimationAgent |
Alternatives to botocore
| 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 |