How to Install `motor` in Python

v3.7.1 General Purpose Python >=3.9 Apache License

Non-blocking MongoDB driver for Tornado or asyncio

Install pip install motor

What is motor?

Non-blocking MongoDB driver for Tornado or asyncio

> [!WARNING] > Motor will be deprecated on May 14th, 2026, one year after the production release of the PyMongo Async driver. > Critical bug fixes will be made until May 14th, 2027. > We strongly recommend that Motor users migrate to the PyMongo Async driver while Motor is still supported. > To learn more, see the migration guide:

Motor is a full-featured, non-blocking MongoDB driver for Python asyncio and Tornado applications. Motor presents a coroutine-based API for non-blocking access to MongoDB.

> "We use Motor in high throughput environments, processing tens of > thousands of requests per second. It allows us to take full advantage > of modern hardware, ensuring we utilise the entire capacity of our > purchased CPUs. This helps us be more efficient with computing power, > compute spend and minimises the environmental impact of our > infrastructure as a result." > > --David Mytton, Server Density > > "We develop easy-to-use sensors and sensor systems with open source > software to ensure every innovator, from school child to laboratory > researcher, has the same opportunity to create. We integrate Motor > into our software to guarantee massively scalable sensor systems for > everyone." > > --Ryan Smith, inXus Interactive

PyPI page → Author: "A. Jesse Jiryu Davis" <[email protected]>

Quick Start

Minimal example to get started with motor:

import motor

print(motor.__version__)

Installation

pip (standard)

pip install motor

Virtual environment (recommended)

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install motor

pip3

pip3 install motor

conda

conda install -c conda-forge motor

Poetry

poetry add motor

Dependencies

Installing motor will also install these packages:

pymongo

Verify the Installation

After installing, confirm the package is available:

python -c "import motor; print(motor.__version__)"

If this prints a version number, installation succeeded. If you see a ModuleNotFoundError, see the errors section below.

Installation Errors

Common errors when installing motor with pip.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'motor'

Cause: The package is not installed in the current Python environment.

Fix: Run pip install motor. If using a virtual environment, ensure it is activated first.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'motor' (installed but still failing)

Cause: pip installed the package into a different Python than the one running your script.

Fix: Use python -m pip install motor to install into the interpreter you are running.

ImportError: cannot import name 'X' from 'motor'

Cause: The function or class does not exist in the installed version.

Fix: Check the version with pip show motor and upgrade with pip install --upgrade motor.

pip: command not found

Cause: pip is not in PATH or Python was not added to PATH during installation.

Fix: Try python -m pip install motor. On macOS/Linux try pip3.

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

Cause: No write access to the system Python package directory.

Fix: Use a virtual environment, or add --user: pip install --user motor

SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED

Cause: pip cannot verify PyPI's SSL certificate — common behind corporate proxies.

Fix: Try: pip install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org motor

Recent Releases

Version	Released
`3.7.1` latest	2025-05-14
`3.7.0`	2025-01-29
`3.6.1`	2025-01-14
`3.5.2`	2024-09-18
`3.5.3`	2024-09-18

Full release history on PyPI →

Manage motor

Upgrade to latest version

pip install --upgrade motor

Install a specific version

pip install motor==3.7.1

Uninstall

pip uninstall motor

Check what is installed

pip show motor

Last updated: 2026-04-11 • Data from PyPI

How to Install motor in Python