New and Changed setup() Keywords#
This document tracks historical differences between setuptools and
distutils.
Since distutils was scheduled for removal from the standard library in
Python 3.12, and setuptools started its adoption, these differences became less
relevant.
Please check Keywords for a complete list of keyword
arguments that can be passed to the setuptools.setup() function and
a their full description.
name string
version string
description string
long_description string
long_description_content_type string
author string
author_email string
maintainer string
maintainer_email string
url string
download_url string
packages list
py_modules list
scripts list
ext_package string
ext_modules list
classifiers list
distclass Distribution subclass
script_name string
script_args list
options dictionary
license string
license_file string deprecated
license_files list
keywords string or list
platforms list
cmdclass dictionary
data_files list deprecated
package_dir dictionary
requires string or list deprecated
obsoletes list deprecated
provides list
include_package_data bool
exclude_package_data dictionary
package_data dictionary
zip_safe bool
install_requires string or list
entry_points dictionary
extras_require dictionary
python_requires string
setup_requires string or list deprecated
dependency_links list deprecated
namespace_packages list
test_suite string or function deprecated
tests_require string or list deprecated
test_loader class deprecated
eager_resources list
project_urls dictionary