pyenv VS pyenv-win

Compare pyenv vs pyenv-win and see what are their differences.

pyenv

Simple Python version management (by pyenv)

pyenv-win

pyenv for Windows. pyenv is a simple python version management tool. It lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python. It's simple, unobtrusive, and follows the UNIX tradition of single-purpose tools that do one thing well. (by pyenv-win)
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MIT License MIT License
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pyenv

Posts with mentions or reviews of pyenv. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-25.
  • Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python
    19 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Mar 2024
  • How to Create Virtual Environments in Python
    4 projects | dev.to | 9 Feb 2024
    Note that virtual environments assume you are using the same global version of Python. Often, this is not the case and additional tools like pyenv can be used alongside virtual environments when you need to switch between versions of Python itself on your local machine.
  • How to debug Django inside a Docker container with VSCode
    6 projects | dev.to | 26 Jan 2024
    Python version manager pyenv
  • Integrating GPT in Your Project: Create an API for Anything Using LangChain and FastAPI
    2 projects | dev.to | 14 Jan 2024
    First of all, install the Python virtual environment from these links: 1 and 2. I developed my GPT-based API in Python version 3.8.18. Pick any Python versions >= 3.7.
  • Introducing Flama for Robust Machine Learning APIs
    11 projects | dev.to | 18 Dec 2023
    When dealing with software development, reproducibility is key. This is why we encourage you to use Python virtual environments to set up an isolated environment for your project. Virtual environments allow the isolation of dependencies, which plays a crucial role to avoid breaking compatibility between different projects. We cannot cover all the details about virtual environments in this post, but we encourage you to learn more about venv, pyenv or conda for a better understanding on how to create and manage virtual environments.
  • Python Versions and Release Cycles
    4 projects | dev.to | 29 Nov 2023
    For OSX there is homebrew or pyenv (pyenv is another solution on Linux). As pyenv compiles from source it will require setting up XCode (the Apple IDE) tools to support this which can be pretty bulky. Windows users have chocolatey but the issue there is it works off the binaries. That means it won't have the latest security release available since those are source only. Conda is also another solution which can be picked up by Visual Studio Code as available versions of Python making development easier. In the end it might be best to consider using WSL on Windows for installing a Linux version and using that instead.
  • Почему я программирую на Ruby
    11 projects | dev.to | 20 Oct 2023
  • Installing kohya_ss GUI on AWS
    2 projects | /r/narrative_ai_art | 28 Sep 2023
    I had previously installed pyenv, and then used that to install Python 3.10.6. Amazon's Linux 2 has an older version of Python installed by default, and using pyenv seemed like the best solution to installing a newer version of Python. I am also familiar with pyenv, having used it before, and it plays nicely with Pipenv. The Python community has developed a few solutions for package/dependency management in the last several years. There are also a few options when it comes to virtual environment creation and management. Poetry is a popular choice, and while I don't have strong opinions on which solution is best, I tend to use Pipenv. So, considering all the available solutions for handling multiple Python versions, recommending people to use python3.10-venv was a strange decision.
  • Getting started with Python and Playwright
    3 projects | dev.to | 7 Sep 2023
    We then use pyenv which is a command line tool used to manage multiple versions of Python. This is useful if you are working on multiple projects that use different versions of Python. Check out the GitHub readme of the 'pyenv' project for more information on how to install it on your operating system. For windows check out pyenv-win or you can use venv Python's Built-in Virtual Environment.
  • pyenv - manage python versions
    2 projects | dev.to | 8 Jul 2023
    There are many more features provided by the pyenv-tool that can be explored, read more at GitHub.

pyenv-win

Posts with mentions or reviews of pyenv-win. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-18.
  • Managing python projects like a pro!
    2 projects | dev.to | 18 Mar 2024
    Run the below command in the powershell, if you find this blog post to be too old, please follow the steps in the official repository of pyenv-win.
  • Dev Stuff Distracting Me From Article Writing
    4 projects | dev.to | 19 Sep 2023
    What made this weird was the inconsistency between *NIX and Windows systems. On Windows the Python Launcher is used. This allows you to switch between different Python versions which are registered in the Windows Registry via PEP514 logic. Unfortunately, one of the popular implementations, PyPy, didn't have great support for it. On *NIX systems pyenv made this easy, while on Windows pyenv-win exists but it's currently not able to pull the PyPy mirrors. I wanted a more simplistic way to integrate PyPy into Windows for easy Python Launcher integration. So I started to do something really crazy: write Powershell.
  • Getting started with Python and Playwright
    3 projects | dev.to | 7 Sep 2023
    We then use pyenv which is a command line tool used to manage multiple versions of Python. This is useful if you are working on multiple projects that use different versions of Python. Check out the GitHub readme of the 'pyenv' project for more information on how to install it on your operating system. For windows check out pyenv-win or you can use venv Python's Built-in Virtual Environment.
  • Script does...nothing
    2 projects | /r/batchfiles | 6 Sep 2023
    I have tried my best to research this issue and have not come up with much. It is obvious that its a backend issue right? The guides that I used https://github.com/bmaltais/kohya_ss and https://github.com/pyenv-win/pyenv-win/
  • How to Install AnkiBrain
    3 projects | /r/ankibrain | 20 Jun 2023
    The problem seemed to be that powershell won't run scripts by default. https://github.com/pyenv-win/pyenv-win/issues/289 This person had the same issue as me when installing pyenv. After fixing the execution policy the windows installer ran fine. However when I run anki it crashes after a few seconds.
    3 projects | /r/ankibrain | 20 Jun 2023
    Windows: pyenv-win
  • Why not tell people to “simply” use pyenv, poetry or anaconda
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jun 2023
    I've had success using pyenv on Mac and Linux. If I had to use Windows, I'd probably try pyenv-win [0].

    I have run into issues trying to use packages that were available for one platform but not another, due to native code, etc. Most of the time I could find a pure Python alternative, but not always. This can lead to using containers, which adds complexity, which is a drawback because one of the advantages of Python to me is the simplicity (assuming you have something like pyenv).

    I've used Poetry in the past, but it added enough complexity/overhead that I probably won't again.

    I've had some success putting a line in a README for an internal tool that other devs can use to pip install from a Git repo. Again, assuming you have pyenv or the like, starting from a clean venv and pip install from Git seems to be pretty straightforward.

    [0] - https://github.com/pyenv-win/pyenv-win

  • Problemas com o Anaconda
    2 projects | /r/brdev | 27 Nov 2022
  • Python 3.12.0 is to remove long-deprecated items
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Nov 2022
  • Created a CLI to manage virtual envs with pyenv-win
    4 projects | /r/Python | 28 Sep 2022
    Recently moved to Windows from Linux and was looking for a replacement for pyenv which I was using to manage multiple versions of Python. Found pyenv-win but it was missing the pyenv-virtualenv plugin which can be used to create virtualenvs for different Python versions. Frustrated with the lack of options, I decided to create my own CLI called pyenv-win-venv to do the same thing. I created it only for my personal use but later decided to open source it so it has some of the basic features of pyenv-virtualenv and I hope it is useful to other users of pyenv-win.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pyenv and pyenv-win you can also consider the following projects:

asdf - Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more

Poetry - Python packaging and dependency management made easy

Pipenv - Python Development Workflow for Humans.

miniforge - A conda-forge distribution.

virtualenv - Virtual Python Environment builder

Pew - A tool to manage multiple virtual environments written in pure python

pyenv-virtualenv - a pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv (a.k.a. python-virtualenv)

SDKMan - The SDKMAN! Command Line Interface

mamba - The Fast Cross-Platform Package Manager

PDM - A modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP standards

nvm - Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions

HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)