generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://documentation.handwrite.io/#third-party-packages ;
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/handwriteio/API-Docs/master/source/includes/_third_party.md ;
  registry probes of npm, PyPI, RubyGems, Packagist, Hex
provider: Handwrite IO
providerId: handwrite-io
description: >-
  Client libraries for the Handwrite API. Handwrite publishes NO first-party SDK in any
  registry. Their own documentation says "We have language bindings in Shell and JavaScript,
  with Python and Ruby coming soon!" — those are curl/Node request snippets inside the docs,
  not installable packages. The only installable client is a community Elixir library the
  docs themselves credit to an outside author.
official_sdk_count: 0
packages:
  - language: elixir
    registry: hex
    name: handwrite
    url: https://hex.pm/packages/handwrite
    docs: https://hexdocs.pm/handwrite/readme.html
    repository: https://github.com/timpile/handwrite
    install: '{:handwrite, "~> 1.0.0"}'
    official: false
    version: 1.0.0
    published: '2020-11-14'
    note: >-
      Third-party, authored by Tim Pile and linked from Handwrite's own "Third Party Packages"
      docs section. Last release 2020-11-14 — nearly six years stale against an API whose docs
      changed as recently as 2026-03-18 (handwriteio/API-Docs), including the 2023 addition of
      /send batch mode and the 2021 recipient-limit change. Treat as unmaintained.
registries_checked:
  - registry: npm
    query: handwrite
    result: no first-party package; all matches are unrelated handwriting/canvas libraries
  - registry: pypi
    query: handwrite / handwriteio / handwrite-io
    result: >-
      pypi.org/project/handwrite exists but is builtree/handwrite (text-to-custom-handwriting
      font tool) — NOT Handwrite IO. handwriteio and handwrite-io return 404.
  - registry: rubygems
    query: handwrite / handwrite-io
    result: 404 on both
  - registry: packagist
    query: handwrite
    result: no first-party package
  - registry: hex
    query: handwrite
    result: hit — community Elixir client (recorded above)
  - registry: crates.io
    query: handwrite
    result: no first-party package
  - registry: nuget / maven / pkg.go.dev
    query: handwrite
    result: not applicable; provider ships no compiled-language client
github:
  organization: https://github.com/handwriteio
  repositories:
    - name: API-Docs
      url: https://github.com/handwriteio/API-Docs
      note: Slate source for documentation.handwrite.io — docs, not a client library
    - name: react-step-wizard
      url: https://github.com/handwriteio/react-step-wizard
      note: general-purpose React component, unrelated to the API
    - name: Adapter
      url: https://github.com/handwriteio/Adapter
      note: CSV import adapter for flatfile.io, unrelated to the API
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com