Semver API Reference¶
Auto-generated API documentation for the semver module.
semver
¶
PEP 440 version parser and comparator -- zero dependencies, stdlib only.
Part of zerodep: https://github.com/Oaklight/zerodep Copyright (c) 2026 Peng Ding. MIT License.
Drop-in replacement for the core functionality of packaging.version.
Parses version strings according to :pep:440, normalises them to their
canonical form, and supports the full set of comparison operators so that
version objects sort correctly.
Usage::
from semver import Version, version_parse
v1 = version_parse("1.0a5")
v2 = Version("1.0")
assert v1 < v2
assert v1.is_prerelease
assert not v2.is_prerelease
assert str(v1) == "1.0a5"
Requirements
Python >= 3.10, no third-party packages.
InvalidVersion
¶
Version
¶
A PEP 440 version.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
version
|
str
|
A PEP 440 compliant version string. |
required |
Raises:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
InvalidVersion
|
If version does not conform to PEP 440. |
Example::
>>> v = Version("1.2.3rc1")
>>> v.is_prerelease
True
>>> str(v)
'1.2.3rc1'
Source code in semver/semver.py
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epoch
property
¶
The epoch segment of the version (0 when absent).
release
property
¶
The release segment as a tuple of integers.
pre
property
¶
The pre-release tag as (letter, number) or None.
post
property
¶
The post-release number, or None.
dev
property
¶
The dev-release number, or None.
local
property
¶
The local version label, or None.
is_prerelease
property
¶
True if this is a pre-release or dev-release version.
is_devrelease
property
¶
True if this is a dev-release version.
is_postrelease
property
¶
True if this is a post-release version.
major
property
¶
The first component of the release segment.
minor
property
¶
The second component (0 if absent).
micro
property
¶
The third component (0 if absent).
base_version
property
¶
The version without pre/post/dev/local suffixes.
public
property
¶
The version without the local segment.
version_parse(version)
¶
Parse a PEP 440 version string.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
version
|
str
|
A PEP 440 compliant version string. |
required |
Returns:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
A |
Version
|
class: |
Raises:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
InvalidVersion
|
If version does not conform to PEP 440. |