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.. _package-index:

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The Python Package Index (PyPI)
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The `Python Package Index (PyPI)`_ stores metadata describing distributions
packaged with distutils and other publishing tools, as well the distribution
archives themselves.

References to up to date PyPI documentation can be found at
:ref:`publishing-python-packages`.

.. _Python Package Index (PyPI): https://pypi.org