# TUF Python Reference Implementation

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/tuf/python-tuf/  
**Provider:** The Update Framework (TUF) — https://apis.io/providers/tuf/  
**Documentation:** https://theupdateframework.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

TUF Python Reference Implementation is one of 7 APIs that [The Update Framework (TUF)](https://apis.io/providers/tuf/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Client Library, Python, Security, Software Updates, and Supply Chain. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

The official Python reference implementation of The Update Framework (TUF) specification. Provides a metadata API for reading and writing TUF metadata files, an ngclient API implementing the TUF client update workflow, and a repository library for building TUF-compliant software repositories. Available on PyPI as the 'tuf' package.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://theupdateframework.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/theupdateframework/python-tuf
- **PackageRegistry** — https://pypi.org/project/tuf/

## Other The Update Framework (TUF) APIs (6)

- [TUF Repository Specification](https://apis.io/apis/tuf/tuf-spec/)
- [TUF Go Implementation](https://apis.io/apis/tuf/go-tuf/)
- [TUF Rust Implementation](https://apis.io/apis/tuf/rust-tuf/)
- [TUF JavaScript Implementation](https://apis.io/apis/tuf/tuf-js/)
- [TUF on CI](https://apis.io/apis/tuf/tuf-on-ci/)
- [TUF Conformance Test Suite](https://apis.io/apis/tuf/tuf-conformance/)

## Tags

Client Library, Python, Security, Software Updates, Supply Chain

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