libretro.py

A Python binding for libretro intended for testing cores, but suitable for any purpose. Ease of use, flexibility, and complete API support are top priorities.

Workflow Status PyPi License

Supported Environments

libretro.py has the following requirements:

  • Python 3.12 or newer. May not work on alternative Python implementations like PyPy.
  • Supported on Windows, macOS, and Linux. May work on other platforms, but no promises.

Nothing else is required for most functionality, but some extra features have additional dependencies or constraints.

If contributing then just is optional but recommended, as it will simplify most development tasks. For details, run just (no arguments) in the project root.

Installing

libretro.py supports Python 3.12 or newer. Nothing else is required for most functionality, but some extra features have additional dependencies.

You can install libretro.py with pip like so:

# Install the base libretro.py
pip install libretro.py

Using a virtual environment is recommended:

# Create a virtual environment
python -m venv ./venv

# Activate the virtual environment (in Bash)
source ./venv/bin/activate

# Activate the virtual environment (in PowerShell)
./venv/Scripts/activate.ps1

Extras

To install additional features, add one or more of the following extras to the install command:

  • cli: Test scripts that don't rely on the nuances of any particular core. Use these to simplify your own core's test process.
  • opengl: Support for the built-in OpenGL video driver. Required if testing a core's OpenGL support.
  • opengl-window: Same as the opengl extra, but with support for opening an actual window. Can help simplify some debugging tasks, e.g. RenderDoc usage.

For example, if you want to submit an improvement to the OpenGL video driver, you would install libretro.py like so:

pip install -e .[opengl] --group dev

And if you just want to test your libretro core's OpenGL support:

pip install libretro.py[opengl]

Some of these extras have additional dependencies.

OpenGL

If using OpenGL support on Linux, you may need to install the libopengl0 package.

Project links

Data verified by PyPI on Sep 2, 2026
Data provided by the project maintainers, verified at the time the release was uploaded to PyPI.

Key dates

PyPI data
Data sourced directly from PyPI's database.
  • Released:
Newer release available (0.11.0)

1 maintainer

PyPI data
Data sourced directly from PyPI's database.
Avatar for JesseTG from gravatar.com JesseTG

Credits

Author/Maintainer: Jesse Talavera

GitHub Statistics

Data verified by PyPI on Sep 2, 2026
The GitHub source repository was provided by the project maintainers and verified by PyPI at the time of upload. Stars, forks, and open issues/PRs are derived from that repository and have not been independently verified.

License expression

MIT
View SPDX License List

Requires

Python >=3.12

Provides Extra

cli opengl opengl-window all

Tags

libretro retroarch emulation testing retrogaming

Classifiers

Report project as malware

Download files

Download the file for your platform. If you're not sure which to choose, learn more about installing packages.

Source Distributions

No source distribution files available for this release.See tutorial on generating distribution archives.

Built Distributions

If you're not sure about the file name format, learn more about wheel file names.

libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-win_amd64.whl (719.5 kB view details)

Uploaded Python 3Windows x86-64

libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (741.6 kB view details)

Uploaded Python 3manylinux: glibc 2.17+ x86-64manylinux: glibc 2.28+ x86-64

libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-manylinux2014_aarch64.manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl (746.3 kB view details)

Uploaded Python 3manylinux: glibc 2.17+ ARM64manylinux: glibc 2.28+ ARM64

libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl (442.5 kB view details)

Uploaded Python 3macOS 11.0+ ARM64

libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-macosx_10_15_x86_64.whl (426.6 kB view details)

Uploaded Python 3macOS 10.15+ x86-64

libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-any.whl (254.4 kB view details)

Uploaded Python 3

File details

Details for the file libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-win_amd64.whl.

File metadata

  • Download URL: libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-win_amd64.whl
  • Upload date:
  • Size: 719.5 kB
  • Tags: Python 3, Windows x86-64
  • Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? Yes
  • Uploaded via: twine/6.1.0 CPython/3.13.13

File hashes

Hashes for libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-win_amd64.whl
Algorithm Hash digest
SHA256 af0e5356d664f258a65fa49ac8f4373eec0c28fc49926920515b6d7c05e36924
MD5 cb4cbe3de55d124190e035bc26cd73f7
BLAKE2b-256 fc0f298ddd499d02c76f516e6054ef02050dc3787c88f4ad957ec1076141b55f

See more details on using hashes here.

Provenance

The following attestation bundles were made for libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-win_amd64.whl:

Publisher: release.yml on JesseTG/libretro.py

Attestations: Values shown here reflect the state when the release was signed and may no longer be current.

File details

Details for the file libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl.

File metadata

File hashes

Hashes for libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl
Algorithm Hash digest
SHA256 e98375b963d6c3017abd01922e66e014d98809393408407fa862ff0121784e83
MD5 155327da99334592d845721eaba1ca13
BLAKE2b-256 2f4a8d3ff89c8c5fb1cbb4641fae5cddf38f21ab04e9529b84564e5b38373501

See more details on using hashes here.

Provenance

The following attestation bundles were made for libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl:

Publisher: release.yml on JesseTG/libretro.py

Attestations: Values shown here reflect the state when the release was signed and may no longer be current.

File details

Details for the file libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-manylinux2014_aarch64.manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl.

File metadata

File hashes

Hashes for libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-manylinux2014_aarch64.manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl
Algorithm Hash digest
SHA256 ac55f726cd45cac41cbaf2e45674323d22fae61346d263b98b874535e0d66710
MD5 3d21d0f11ec6b68195cf638209627055
BLAKE2b-256 2200646ba891574269ed187fbe86e06256ee0edf83e1af878a6b9b93ed3435b3

See more details on using hashes here.

Provenance

The following attestation bundles were made for libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-manylinux2014_aarch64.manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl:

Publisher: release.yml on JesseTG/libretro.py

Attestations: Values shown here reflect the state when the release was signed and may no longer be current.

File details

Details for the file libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl.

File metadata

File hashes

Hashes for libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl
Algorithm Hash digest
SHA256 6484c1609e68657a3d51ede38a88a8735b4ad78b6e7ca38090b45ebd4e38bf24
MD5 755fa2dd9cd0d9a08d9ef97e0f2bd338
BLAKE2b-256 f5ca2111ab235eaaf2faafb11c7b84d8cfb71ac207d2b447d4de106ab2a5f6af

See more details on using hashes here.

Provenance

The following attestation bundles were made for libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl:

Publisher: release.yml on JesseTG/libretro.py

Attestations: Values shown here reflect the state when the release was signed and may no longer be current.

File details

Details for the file libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-macosx_10_15_x86_64.whl.

File metadata

File hashes

Hashes for libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-macosx_10_15_x86_64.whl
Algorithm Hash digest
SHA256 fdf83714fa87b7b662b89fa0a48f0b2222deed5da2e9cacd56489cdbe9c6fdbf
MD5 d45a54979f32af65584efcef9956db4f
BLAKE2b-256 6af0745d09677f24653961a206fc822d9ec0a80d08ee4ce1b3d41168e734633b

See more details on using hashes here.

Provenance

The following attestation bundles were made for libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-macosx_10_15_x86_64.whl:

Publisher: release.yml on JesseTG/libretro.py

Attestations: Values shown here reflect the state when the release was signed and may no longer be current.

File details

Details for the file libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-any.whl.

File metadata

  • Download URL: libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-any.whl
  • Upload date:
  • Size: 254.4 kB
  • Tags: Python 3
  • Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? Yes
  • Uploaded via: twine/6.1.0 CPython/3.13.13

File hashes

Hashes for libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-any.whl
Algorithm Hash digest
SHA256 2956161afbf0e60d37da1486a60a321a49814d8f2a7e9d01d5e07202fd253c49
MD5 12652fb3429249c591798b16c039b592
BLAKE2b-256 b326e70d394a1ad36877699e714456b4baf8956130dd50dcea257df7c586e464

See more details on using hashes here.

Provenance

The following attestation bundles were made for libretro_py-0.10.0-py3-none-any.whl:

Publisher: release.yml on JesseTG/libretro.py

Attestations: Values shown here reflect the state when the release was signed and may no longer be current.

Release history Release notifications | RSS feed

0.11.0

6 files

This release

0.10.0 This release

6 files

0.9.1

6 files

0.9.0

6 files

0.8.5

6 files

0.8.4

6 files

0.8.3

6 files

0.8.2

6 files

0.8.1

6 files

0.8.0

4 files

0.7.2

1 file

0.7.1

1 file

0.7.0

1 file

0.6.0

2 files

0.5.0

2 files

0.4.0

2 files

0.3.1

2 files

0.3.0

2 files

0.2.0

2 files

0.1.11

2 files

0.1.10

2 files

0.1.9

2 files

0.1.8

2 files

0.1.7

2 files

0.1.6

2 files

0.1.5

2 files

0.1.4

2 files

0.1.3

2 files

0.1.2

2 files

0.1.1

2 files

0.1.0

2 files

0.0.1

2 files

0.0.0

2 files

Anthropic, PBC Visionary sponsor Bloomberg Visionary sponsor Hudson River Trading Visionary sponsor Meta Visionary sponsor NVIDIA Visionary sponsor Microsoft Sustainability sponsor Depot Continuous Integration AWS Cloud computing and Security Sponsor Datadog Monitoring Fastly CDN Google Download Analytics Sentry Error logging StatusPage Status page