pixi AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like pixi

pixi is described as 'Powerful system-level package manager for Linux, macOS and Windows written in Rust – building on top of the Conda ecosystem' and is a Package Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to pixi for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Python and Web-based apps. The best pixi 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 pixi are Conda, Poetry, pyenv and pipx.

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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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  2. UV icon
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    An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.

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  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.

    51 PyPI alternatives

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    • Online
     
  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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  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 (MIT)

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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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  7. 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)

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    • Mac
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  8. 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  9. Mamba icon
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    Mamba is a significantly faster drop-in replacement for the popular Conda environment manager.

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  10. 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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Sublime Text
     
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