specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: PyPI
providerId: pypi
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Package Registry
  - Python
  - Open Source
  - Public Infrastructure
description: PyPI (the Python Package Index) is the public, free package registry for the Python language,
  operated by the Python Software Foundation / Python Packaging Authority. There are no commercial pricing
  tiers, no paid plans, and no chargeable surface — usage is donation-supported.
sources:
  - https://pypi.org/help/
  - https://docs.pypi.org/api/
plans:
  - id: pypi-public
    name: Public Index
    type: freemium
    description: Free, publicly accessible package index and metadata API. PyPI is heavily cached and
      distributed via Fastly's CDN. No account is required for read access; uploads require a free
      account and 2FA.
    entries:
      - label: Read Access
        name: read_access
        type: flat
        metric: request
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Upload
        name: upload
        type: flat
        metric: upload
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: JSON API
      - name: Index API (Simple Repository API, PEP 503/691)
      - name: RSS Feeds
      - name: XML-RPC API (legacy)
      - name: Upload API
      - name: Donation-Supported
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - subscription
  units:
  - request
  plans:
  - name: Public Index
    access: freemium
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - other
    - request
    periods:
    - per-use