verlib2

verlib2 is a Python library that provides a standalone bundle of version parsing implementations, specifically `distutils.version` (PEP 386) and `packaging.version` (PEP 440). Its primary purpose is to offer these functionalities without requiring the `packaging` library as a dependency, and to provide a solution for projects that relied on `distutils.version` after `distutils` was removed from the Python standard library in Python 3.12. It is actively maintained with a steady release cadence.