UV AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like UV

UV is described as 'An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust' and is a Package Manager in the development category. There are seven alternatives to UV for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Python and BSD apps. The best UV alternative is Poetry, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like UV are pyenv, pipx, pip and Pipenv.

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  1. Poetry icon
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    Poetry helps you declare, manage and install dependencies of Python projects, ensuring you have the right stack everywhere. It's commands are intuitive and easy to use, with sensible defaults while still being configurable.

    14 Poetry alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Poetry is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to UV.

    • Poetry is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to UV.

    • Poetry is Free and Open SourceUV is also Free and Open Source
  2. pyenv icon
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    Simple Python version management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  3. pipx icon
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    pipx is a tool to help you install and run end-user applications written in Python. It's roughly similar to macOS's brew, JavaScript's npx, and Linux's apt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  4.  4 likes

    The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages.

    14 pip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  5. Pipenv icon
     Like

    Pipenv is a production-ready tool that aims to bring the best of all packaging worlds to the Python world. It harnesses Pipfile, pip, and virtualenv into one single command.

    14 Pipenv alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. Cargo is the Rust package manager. Cargo downloads your Rust package’s dependencies, compiles your packages, makes distributable packages, and uploads them to crates.io, the Rust community’s package registry.

    14 Rust Cargo alternatives

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    • Rust
     
  7. PDM, as described, is a modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP standards. But it is more than a package manager. It boosts your development workflow in various aspects. The most significant benefit is it installs and manages packages in a similar...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • BSD
     
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