pipx AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like pipx

pipx is described as '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' and is a Package Manager in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to pipx for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Python and Web-based apps. The best pipx alternative is Anaconda. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Anaconda or UV. Other great apps like pipx are Conda, Poetry, pyenv and Conan.

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  1. Anaconda icon
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    Completely free enterprise-ready Python distribution for large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, and scientific computing. Includes 100+ of the most popular Python packages for science, math, engineering, data analysis. Cross platform on Linux, Windows, Mac.

    23 Anaconda alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Anaconda is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to pipx.

    • Anaconda is the most popular free alternative to pipx.

    • Anaconda is Free Personal and Proprietarypipx is Free and Open Source
    • Anaconda is Lightweight and Privacy focusedpipx is not according to our users
  2. UV icon
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    An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.

    7 UV alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • UV is the most popular Open Source alternative to pipx.

    • UV is Free and Open Sourcepipx is also Free and Open Source
    • UV is Lightweightpipx is not according to our users
  3. PyPI icon
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    The Python Package Index (PyPI) is a repository of software for the Python programming language. PyPI helps you find and install software developed and shared by the Python community. Package authors use PyPI to distribute their software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
    • PyPI is the most popular Web-based alternative to pipx.

    • PyPI is Free and Open Sourcepipx is also Free and Open Source
  4. Conda icon
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    Conda is a package manager application that quickly installs, runs, and updates packages and their dependencies. The conda command is the primary interface for managing installations of various packages.

    13 Conda alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  5. 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

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    • Mac
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  6. pyenv icon
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    Simple Python version management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Python
     
  7. Conan icon
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    The open source, decentralized and multi-platform package manager to create and share all your native binaries.

    14 Conan alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  8. Miniconda icon
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    Miniconda is a free minimal installer for conda. It is a small bootstrap version of Anaconda that includes only conda, Python, the packages they both depend on, and a small number of other useful packages (like pip, zlib, and a few others).

    23 Miniconda alternatives

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    • Free
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    The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages.

    14 pip alternatives

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    • Free
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    The Sublime Text package manager that makes it exceedingly simple to find, install and keep packages up-to-date.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Sublime Text
     
    • Package Control is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to pipx.

    • Package Control is Free and Proprietarypipx is Free and Open Source
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    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

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    • Windows
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    • Mac
    • BSD
     
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    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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    • Free
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    • Rust
     
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