python-multipart
Streaming multipart parser for handling file uploads in Python web frameworks.
Used in agent projects
217
1.7% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http servers and apis
#5 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
92.8M
PyPI, last 7 days, python-multipart
GitHub stars
536
last push Oct 5, 2026
How python-multipart is used
python-multipart is a dependency in 217 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.7%), #5 of 30 in http servers and apis. The most used alternative there is Express. Projects that use it most often also use Uvicorn (95.9%), FastAPI (90.8%), Pydantic (79.7%). It is more common in projects set up for Roo Code (6.2%) than for OpenAI Codex (1.1%).
Often used with python-multipart
| Uvicorn | 95.9% of python-multipart projects · 22.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| FastAPI | 90.8% of python-multipart projects · 21.5× more than average |
| Pydantic | 79.7% of python-multipart projects · 15.6× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 69.1% of python-multipart projects · 10.6× more than average |
| Requests | 49.8% of python-multipart projects · 9.4× more than average |
| Pydantic Settings | 47.5% of python-multipart projects · 24.0× more than average |
| SQLAlchemy | 45.6% of python-multipart projects · 23.2× more than average |
| NumPy | 45.2% of python-multipart projects · 11.8× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 3.1% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 2.7% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 2.8% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 3.3% of projects set up for it |
| Roo Code | 6.2% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list python-multipart as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install python-multipart |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (209), Next.js (6), Other (2) |
| Example projects | Josh-XT/AGiXT, learntocloud/learn-to-cloud-app, pavelzbornik/whisperX-FastAPI, twjackysu/TWSEMCPServer, pipedude/evi-run |
Alternatives to python-multipart
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Express npm Fast, unopinionated minimalist web framework for Node.js. |
822 (6.5%) | 142M | 69.6K | MIT |
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174 (1.4%) | 40.9M | 75K | — |
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