oauthlib
Comprehensive OAuth request-signing implementation for Python, handling authentication flows securely.
Auth and security libraries PyPI BSD-3-Clause
Used in agent projects
22
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in auth and security libraries
#45 of 47
by use in those projects
Downloads
57.3M
PyPI, last 7 days, oauthlib
GitHub stars
2,984
last push Oct 6, 2026
How oauthlib is used
oauthlib is a dependency in 22 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #45 of 47 in auth and security libraries. The most used alternative there is NextAuth.js. Projects that use it most often also use Requests (100.0%), requests-oauthlib (95.5%), charset-normalizer (90.9%).
Often used with oauthlib
| Requests | 100.0% of oauthlib projects · 18.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| requests-oauthlib | 95.5% of oauthlib projects · 527.0× more than average |
| charset-normalizer | 90.9% of oauthlib projects · 73.1× more than average |
| Click | 90.9% of oauthlib projects · 51.8× more than average |
| urllib3 | 90.9% of oauthlib projects · 59.8× more than average |
| attrs | 86.4% of oauthlib projects · 85.7× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 86.4% of oauthlib projects · 13.2× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list oauthlib as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install oauthlib |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (20), Other (1), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | mikegianfelice/Hunter, ManojINaik/manimAnimationAgent, Who-Visions/NouGenShards |
Alternatives to oauthlib
| 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 |