The Modal Python library provides convenient, on-demand access to serverless cloud compute from Python scripts on your local computer.
See the online documentation for many example applications, a user guide, and the detailed API reference.
This library requires Python 3.9 – 3.13.
Install the package with pip:
pip install modal
You can create a Modal account (or link your existing one) directly on the command line:
python3 -m modal setup
For usage questions and other support, please reach out on the Modal Slack.
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We found that modal demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 6 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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