Poetry AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like Poetry

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

    • Anaconda is the most popular free alternative to Poetry.

    • Anaconda is Free Personal and ProprietaryPoetry is Free and Open Source
    • Anaconda is Lightweight and Privacy focusedPoetry is not according to our users
  2. 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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

    • PyPI is the most popular Open Source alternative to Poetry.

    • PyPI is Free and Open SourcePoetry is also Free and Open Source
  3. UV icon
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    An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  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. pyenv icon
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    Simple Python version management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  6. 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.

    14 pipx alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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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).

    Cost / License

    • 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Sublime Text
     
    • Package Control is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Poetry.

    • Package Control is Free and ProprietaryPoetry is Free and Open Source
  11. Crates.io icon
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    Instantly publish your crates and install them. Use the API to interact and find out more information about available crates. Become a contributor and enhance the site with your work.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Rust
    • Online
     
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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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    • BSD
     
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