~5000 stars; complements google-maps-scraper (unofficial fallback); Official Google Maps Platform Python client (Geocoding, Places, Directions, Distance Matrix).
Yes, googlemaps (google-maps-services-python) is open source under the Apache-2.0 license.
googlemaps (google-maps-services-python) is free to use.
Yes, googlemaps (google-maps-services-python) can be self-hosted (the source is available under the Apache-2.0 license).
~5000 stars; complements google-maps-scraper (unofficial fallback); Official Google Maps Platform Python client (Geocoding, Places, Directions, Distance Matrix). Auth via API key. Sanctioned; no ToS risk; billed per request.