# Coverage.py

Code coverage measurement tool for Python programs.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/coverage-py/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
Listed since: 2026-11-04

## Record

### Links

- home: https://coverage.readthedocs.io
- repository: https://github.com/coveragepy/coveragepy
- docs: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@coveragepy

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Ned Batchelder
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2009
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: testing
- hosting: not applicable
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.11
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: pip

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 7
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-11-03

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3426
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 201
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/coveragepy/coveragepy (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/coveragepy/coveragepy/tags (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://github.com/coveragepy/coveragepy/blob/main/NOTICE.txt (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/coveragepy/coveragepy (read 2026-11-04)
- runtime: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-04)
- runtimeMin: https://pypi.org/pypi/coverage/json (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://github.com/coveragepy/coveragepy/blob/main/README.rst (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/coveragepy/coveragepy (read 2026-11-04)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/coveragepy/coveragepy/blob/main/NOTICE.txt (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/coveragepy/coveragepy/releases (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/coveragepy/coveragepy/releases/latest (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/coveragepy/coveragepy (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/coveragepy/coveragepy/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

Coverage.py measures code coverage for Python programs, typically during test execution. It is installed with pip. The project is maintained by Ned Batchelder with contributors, and it is open source under the Apache 2.0 license.

## Worth knowing

Tidelift sells an enterprise subscription that covers Coverage.py along with many other packages. The project's own sources describe no separate edition.

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