Package profile
billiard
- Summary: Python multiprocessing fork with improvements and bugfixes
- Author: R Oudkerk / Python Software Foundation
- License: BSD License
- Homepage: https://github.com/celery/billiard
- Source: https://github.com/celery/billiard
- Number of releases: 89
- First release: 0.1.0 on 2009-11-16
- Latest release: 4.3.1 on 2026-10-05
- Latest release size: 85.4 KB (pure Python wheel)
Dependencies
Billiard has no dependency.Dependent packages
| Package | Optional | Group |
|---|---|---|
| celery | false |
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