Package index

This index contains a list of Python packages with z/OS or IBM Z specific support. Keep in mind a lot of Python packages are platform agnostic, so this is just meant to cover z/OS specific functionality like accessing datasets or submitting JCL.

Application development

Package name	Description	Open source	Affiliation	Distribution method
ibm-db	Allows you to access Db2 from Python	✅	Community	PyPi / IBM AI toolkit

Core z/OS functionality

Package name	Description	Open source	Affiliation	Distribution method
ZOAU	Allows you to access datasets, jobs, and much more from Python	❌	IBM	Bundled with ZOAU from shopz
CBXP	Allows you to access z/OS control blocks from Python	✅	Ambitus (OMP)	PyPi / GitHub
tnz	Allows you to connect to 3270 from Python, created for 3270 unit testing	✅	IBM	PyPi
pySDSF	Allows you to access select information SDSF has gathered through Python. Requires z/OS 3.2 or later	❌	IBM	Bundled with SDSF

z/OS security

Package name	Description	Open source	Affiliation	Distribution method
pysear	API that allows you to create RACF automation and monitoring tools from Python	✅	Community	PyPi / GitHub
mfpandas	Allows you to analyze unloaded RACF data with pandas and Jupyter notebooks	✅	Community	PyPi
Blackwall	Work-in-progress RACF administration TUI for the Unix command line	✅	Community	PyPi

Hardware

Package name	Description	Open source	Affiliation	Distribution method
pyds8k	Allows you to create monitoring of your IBM storage system from Python	✅	IBM	PyPi