appium/python-client

Python language bindings for Appium

Is appium/python-client beginner-friendly?

The maintainers of appium/python-client usually reply to a pull request within 3 days. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars: 1.8k
Forks: 570
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 21
Avg merge: 1d 10h
Merged PRs (30d): 24

Dominant language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted

How to contribute to appium/python-client

There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
Read its code of conduct: it covers issues and pull requests as well as chat.
Your contributions will be published under the project's Apache-2.0 license.
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Feature Request: Add support for external activity discovery tools (e.g. activity_finder)
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

appium/python-client#1230 · 1 comment · Opened May 22, 2026

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Help with Python Appium iOS Test Script for Opening Settings and Clicking Buttons
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

appium/python-client#1168 · 9 comments · Opened Aug 15, 2025

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mypy error "Incompatible return value type" on webdriver.find_element
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

appium/python-client#1147 · 7 comments · Opened Jul 23, 2025

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driver.swipe() last argument not working on android chrome browser
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

appium/python-client#1091 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 6, 2025

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self.driver.window_handles returns the list randomly
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

appium/python-client#1076 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 16, 2024

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Need to change the orientation of app which is dependent on sensor
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

appium/python-client#980 · 7 comments · Opened Apr 16, 2024

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bug: <title>After upgrading Appium-Python-Client 2.11.1, webview execution scrollIntoView reported an error, 'selenium. common. exceptions. JavascriptException: Message: JavaScript error: arguments [0]. scrollIntoView is not a function
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

appium/python-client#924 · 14 comments · Opened Oct 11, 2023

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Parallel usage results in a "socket hang up" error. systemPort have set but still have the problem.
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

appium/python-client#903 · 7 comments · Opened Aug 16, 2023

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appium ios Recording the screen, the saved mp4 file cannot be opened
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

appium/python-client#900 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 7, 2023

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Hover on element is not working
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

appium/python-client#888 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 5, 2023

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Appium-Python-Client library install failed : No module named 'appium'
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

appium/python-client#839 · 5 comments · Opened Mar 9, 2023

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How to give an existing SessionID when an object is instantiated so that it will not apply for a new SessionID?
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

appium/python-client#837 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 8, 2023

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WebDriverException: Message: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

appium/python-client#805 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 6, 2022

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UIAutomator2 slow work on Selenium 4 and Appium-Python-Client 2
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

appium/python-client#789 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 13, 2022

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I was seeing an issue at def start(self, **kwargs: Any) -> sp.Popen: function with error, "Appium has failed to start on {host}:{port} within {timeout_ms}ms timeout"
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

appium/python-client#778 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 29, 2022

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Mark `deprecated` in shortcuts
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 32/100

appium/python-client#671 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 24, 2021

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Bulk Execution is throwing Appium WebDriveexception and StaleElementReferenceException
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

appium/python-client#623 · 8 comments · Opened Aug 4, 2021

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Bulk Execution is throwing Appium WebDriveexception and StaleElementReferenceException
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NeedsInfo

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

appium/python-client#612 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2021

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Use the package retrieved from pip repository to run functional tests
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task

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

appium/python-client#543 · Opened May 18, 2020

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Improve API doc for users
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Documentation help wanted task

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

appium/python-client#529 · 1 comment · Opened May 4, 2020

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Confusion about scrolling
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Android

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

appium/python-client#190 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 1, 2017

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