openai/openai-python

The official Python library for the OpenAI API

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How fast openai/openai-python is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 6 – Nov 5, 2026

Stars +512 in 61 days

42

Forks +3,677 in 61 days

195

Merged PRs 348 in 61 days

22

Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
Day	Stars gained	Forks gained	Merged PRs
Sun, Sep 6, 2026	+42	+13	0
Mon, Sep 7, 2026	+7	+5	0
Tue, Sep 8, 2026	+0	+1	3
Wed, Sep 9, 2026	+2	+6	5
Thu, Sep 10, 2026	+8	+2	12
Fri, Sep 11, 2026	+7	+3	1
Sat, Sep 12, 2026	+1	+0	0
Sun, Sep 13, 2026	+0	+1	0
Mon, Sep 14, 2026	+4	+3	8
Tue, Sep 15, 2026	+4	+101	22
Wed, Sep 16, 2026	+2	+195	2
Thu, Sep 17, 2026	+9	+115	6
Fri, Sep 18, 2026	+8	+139	11
Sat, Sep 19, 2026	+7	+109	8
Sun, Sep 20, 2026	+9	+99	0
Mon, Sep 21, 2026	+11	+37	9
Tue, Sep 22, 2026	+8	+5	11
Wed, Sep 23, 2026	+1	+61	10
Thu, Sep 24, 2026	+10	+160	2
Fri, Sep 25, 2026	+6	+145	5
Sat, Sep 26, 2026	+0	+165	2
Sun, Sep 27, 2026	+9	+130	4
Mon, Sep 28, 2026	+12	+80	8
Tue, Sep 29, 2026	+5	+119	10
Wed, Sep 30, 2026	+5	+22	10
Thu, Oct 1, 2026	+7	+4	9
Fri, Oct 2, 2026	+0	+110	6
Sat, Oct 3, 2026	+7	+92	0
Sun, Oct 4, 2026	+3	+128	0
Mon, Oct 5, 2026	+4	+96	3
Tue, Oct 6, 2026	+5	+110	4
Wed, Oct 7, 2026	+15	+48	0
Thu, Oct 8, 2026	+11	+65	3
Fri, Oct 9, 2026	+7	+139	8
Sat, Oct 10, 2026	+11	+170	5
Sun, Oct 11, 2026	+21	+129	8
Mon, Oct 12, 2026	+12	+60	2
Tue, Oct 13, 2026	+10	+134	2
Wed, Oct 14, 2026	+5	+124	9
Thu, Oct 15, 2026	+12	+67	4
Fri, Oct 16, 2026	+8	+140	6
Sat, Oct 17, 2026	+5	+3	8
Sun, Oct 18, 2026	+10	+71	3
Mon, Oct 19, 2026	+8	+92	9
Tue, Oct 20, 2026	+1	+31	9
Wed, Oct 21, 2026	+16	+77	17
Thu, Oct 22, 2026	+9	+39	14
Fri, Oct 23, 2026	+12	+6	5
Sat, Oct 24, 2026	+14	+4	0
Sun, Oct 25, 2026	+12	+3	1
Mon, Oct 26, 2026	+12	+1	14
Tue, Oct 27, 2026	+13	+5	10
Wed, Oct 28, 2026	+12	+1	10
Thu, Oct 29, 2026	+0	+5	5
Fri, Oct 30, 2026	+14	+1	5
Sat, Oct 31, 2026	+9	+0	2
Sun, Nov 1, 2026	+11	+2	4
Mon, Nov 2, 2026	+14	+2	4
Tue, Nov 3, 2026	+16	+1	9
Wed, Nov 4, 2026	+9	+1	1
Thu, Nov 5, 2026	+0	+0	0
Total	+512	+3,677	348

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Nov 21 post
- Give your agent a clock, not just a to-do list. Do: tell it the time and the deadline on every long run. Don't: build a loop that stops only when the model feels done. OpenAI's Agents API just added…
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Oct 161 post
- The Responses tool runner can stream progress and persist checkpoints. Your app supplies checkpoint storage and checks the environment before continuing interrupted work.
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Oct 142 posts
- How it works: you bring the driver (say, Playwright) and the SDK turns its actions into tools the model calls. No hosted browser. The demo lets you approve changes, take control or stop the run.…
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- OPENAI JUST ADDED BROWSER AND COMPUTER CONTROL TO ITS PYTHON SDK It got merged into the openai-python repo today Not released yet Version 3.31.0 is waiting to ship What it adds • BrowserToolset turns…
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Oct 121 post
- your AI agent can burn your whole budget while you sleep OpenAI is building the fix. i found it in their SDK before any announcement spend_control: a budget for 1 agent session, set in cents big…
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Oct 71 post
- OpenAI's new Decisions API can hand your router an answer with no number in it. The guide covers three question types and what each returns: predicate → probability, choice → one of your options,…
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1 month earlier
Aug 311 post
- • Supports Python 3.9+ with httpx-powered clients • Includes workload identity authentication for Kubernetes, Azure, and GCP • Offers vision capabilities with image URLs or base64 encoded images
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Aug 283 posts
- fml
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- OpenAI: Migrating to HTTPX2
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- @OpenAI's HTTPX2 migration is a reminder that an SDK upgrade can quietly change your infrastructure assumptions, not just the method names. In the new client, TLS trust moves from certifi's CA bundle…
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