debugpy
Debug Adapter Protocol implementation for Python debugging.
Dev workflow and config PyPI MIT
Used in agent projects
23
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in dev workflow and config
#76 of 88
by use in those projects
Downloads
19.2M
PyPI, last 7 days, debugpy
GitHub stars
2,489
last push Oct 9, 2026
How debugpy is used
debugpy is a dependency in 23 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #76 of 88 in dev workflow and config. The most used alternative there is dotenv. Projects that use it most often also use Requests (91.3%), charset-normalizer (73.9%), nest-asyncio (73.9%).
Often used with debugpy
| Requests | 91.3% of debugpy projects · 17.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| charset-normalizer | 73.9% of debugpy projects · 59.4× more than average |
| nest-asyncio | 73.9% of debugpy projects · 247.0× more than average |
| packaging | 73.9% of debugpy projects · 65.2× more than average |
| prompt-toolkit | 73.9% of debugpy projects · 213.3× more than average |
| psutil | 73.9% of debugpy projects · 65.2× more than average |
| Pygments | 73.9% of debugpy projects · 96.7× more than average |
| python-dateutil | 73.9% of debugpy projects · 56.9× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list debugpy as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install debugpy |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (22), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | Azure-Samples/python-mcp-demos, leestott/On-Call-Copilot-Multi-Agent, nihilistau/CosySim, brandoz2255/Harvis, pamelafox/py-ai-mcp-tool-schemas |
Alternatives to debugpy
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dotenv npm Load environment variables from .env files into process.env. |
2,001 (15.8%) | 189M | 20.5K | BSD-2-Clause |
| python-dotenv pypi Load environment variables from .env files in Python applications. |
828 (6.5%) | 156M | 8,898 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Husky npm Modern Git hooks manager for running tasks on git events. |
797 (6.3%) | 36.2M | 35.3K | MIT |
| lint-staged npm Run linters on git staged files to catch issues before commit. |
591 (4.7%) | 29.5M | 14.7K | MIT |
| concurrently npm Run multiple npm scripts concurrently for efficient development workflows. |
572 (4.5%) | 22.2M | 7,856 | MIT |
| cross-env npm Set environment variables across Windows, Mac and Linux in npm scripts. |
265 (2.1%) | 25.8M | 6,521 | MIT |
| Pydantic Settings pypi Settings management and configuration from environment variables using Pydantic. |
251 (2.0%) | 96.8M | 1,475 | — |
| Rich pypi Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in terminal output. |
243 (1.9%) | 117M | 57.5K | MIT |