keyring
Python library for securely storing and retrieving passwords and secrets.
Used in agent projects
29
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in auth and security libraries
#35 of 47
by use in those projects
Downloads
36.5M
PyPI, last 7 days, keyring
GitHub stars
1,514
last push Apr 13, 2026
How keyring is used
keyring is a dependency in 29 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #35 of 47 in auth and security libraries. The most used alternative there is NextAuth.js. Projects that use it most often also use Rich (65.5%), cryptography (58.6%), Pydantic (58.6%).
Often used with keyring
| Rich | 65.5% of keyring projects · 34.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| cryptography | 58.6% of keyring projects · 34.9× more than average |
| Pydantic | 58.6% of keyring projects · 11.5× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 55.2% of keyring projects · 8.5× more than average |
| PyYAML | 55.2% of keyring projects · 18.2× more than average |
| Requests | 55.2% of keyring projects · 10.4× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 48.3% of keyring projects · 11.3× more than average |
| Click | 44.8% of keyring projects · 25.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list keyring as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install keyring |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (27), Next.js (2) |
| Example projects | bobmatnyc/claude-mpm, jpoley/flowspec, matthewdgreen/decipher, everlastingsong/whirlpool-essentials, sfc-gh-dflippo/snowflake-dbt-demo |
Alternatives to keyring
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NextAuth.js npm Complete open-source authentication solution designed for Next.js applications. |
266 (2.1%) | 6.7M | 28.4K | ISC |
| bcryptjs npm Pure JavaScript bcrypt implementation for secure password hashing without dependencies. |
256 (2.0%) | 14.7M | 3,797 | BSD-3-Clause |
| jsonwebtoken npm Create, verify and decode JSON Web Tokens for authentication and secure data transmission. |
241 (1.9%) | 59.3M | 18.2K | MIT |
| cryptography pypi Python library providing cryptographic recipes and primitives for secure applications. |
213 (1.7%) | 281M | 7,803 | — |
| jose npm Comprehensive JWT and JWK handling for Node.js and web runtimes. |
141 (1.1%) | 151M | 7,824 | MIT |
| PyJWT pypi Python library for encoding and decoding JSON Web Tokens. |
128 (1.0%) | 154M | 5,714 | — |
| Better Auth npm Comprehensive authentication framework for TypeScript with multiple strategies. |
126 (1.0%) | 11.4M | 30.2K | MIT |
| Helmet npm Express middleware that sets HTTP security headers to prevent vulnerabilities. |
125 (1.0%) | 16.2M | 10.7K | MIT |