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