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+:Warning: WiringPi was deprecated by its author in August 2019. As of 31st October 2023 nobody has shown an interest in properly maintaining it. Between this, and changes to GPIO in Rasberry Pi OS Bookworm and on the Raspberry Pi 5, this project is going nowhere. It has been archived to more clearly indicate this status.
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 Note
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 channel: https://discord.gg/SM4WUVG
 
 WiringPi for Python
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 WiringPi: An implementation of most of the Arduino Wiring functions for
 the Raspberry Pi.
 
 WiringPi implements new functions for managing IO expanders.
 
+**Alternative**
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+* `GPIO Zero <https://github.com/gpiozero/gpiozero>`_ is another Python library for controlling GPIO.  It is installed by default in Raspberry Pi OS and is used in the `Raspberry Pi GPIO documentation <https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/gpio/python/>`_.
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 Quick Install
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