Param
Declarative parameters for robust Python classes with reactive programming.
Utilities PyPI BSD
How Param is used
Param is a dependency in 0 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 51 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. Projects that use it most often also use Beautiful Soup (100.0%), Jinja2 (100.0%), lxml (100.0%).
Param popularity over time
Gid Score 37: downloads 54, use in agent projects 41, GitHub stars 1, downloads trend 49 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Param
| Beautiful Soup | 100.0% of Param projects · 46.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Jinja2 | 100.0% of Param projects · 46.0× more than average |
| lxml | 100.0% of Param projects · 78.6× more than average |
| MarkupSafe | 100.0% of Param projects · 135.0× more than average |
| mpmath | 100.0% of Param projects · 443.4× more than average |
| NLTK | 100.0% of Param projects · 344.9× more than average |
| pandas | 100.0% of Param projects · 23.3× more than average |
| attrs | 98.0% of Param projects · 141.5× more than average |
From all 51 projects in our scan that use Param, including the dependency samples.
How Param is funded
Open Collective: HoloViz
| Received, last 12 months | $259 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $259 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $517 |
| Raised since the start | $1,281 · $764 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $0 · $0 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | +4217% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 2 |
Top company backers all time
| NumFOCUS | $1,017 since Jun 2023 |
|---|---|
| THANKS.DEV | $259 since May 2026 |
Jun 2023Sep 2026
Money by month. First money received in Jun 2023. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 5 more tools in our catalog: HoloViews, Panel, Colorcet, Datashader, hvPlot.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host NumFOCUS. Source
Ways to fund Param
Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | pip install param |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (51) |
| Example projects | onlyphantom/llm-python, tomerwolgithub/question-decomposition-to-sql, m-abbas-ansari/SuperResolution-DEMs, Zhou-CyberSecurity-AI/ATBA |
Alternatives to Param
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Utilities does the same job as Param: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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