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Top 23 Python Packaging Projects
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Project mention: Introducing Quart: A Modern Alternative to Flask (with Async Support) | dev.to | 2025-07-14
A Python-based asynchronous REST API built with Quart, SQLAlchemy (async), and [PostgreSQL], using Poetry for dependency management.
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Pipenv
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venv and pip provide package management but are unable to switch between different versions of Python.
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Project mention: Say Hello to UV: A Fast Python Package & Project Manager Written in Rust | dev.to | 2025-04-17
If you’ve been managing Python projects long enough, you’ve probably dealt with a mess of tools: pip, pip-tools, poetry, virtualenv, conda, maybe even pdm.
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Project mention: Say Hello to UV: A Fast Python Package & Project Manager Written in Rust | dev.to | 2025-04-17
If you’ve been managing Python projects long enough, you’ve probably dealt with a mess of tools: pip, pip-tools, poetry, virtualenv, conda, maybe even pdm.
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The pyproject.toml serves as a central place for your project's configuration. It tells the build frontend tool which backend is needed to build your package. Some available options include Hatchling, Setuptools, Flit, or PDM. Below is an example of a common build backend.
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Project mention: Exodus – Painless relocation of Linux binaries and all of their dependencies | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-11
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Project mention: Show HN: Vdm, an alternative to e.g. Git submodules | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-28
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fades
fades is a system that automatically handles the virtualenvs in the cases normally found when writing scripts and simple programs, and even helps to administer big projects.
Project mention: Do any languages specify package requirements in import / include statements? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-23Looking through https://dbohdan.com/scripts-with-dependencies, I see
- JS: Deno and Bun
- Scala: Scala CLI and Ammonite
- Python: fades (https://github.com/PyAr/fades)
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The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Packaging projects in Python? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poetry | 33,452 |
| 2 | Pipenv | 25,081 |
| 3 | pip | 9,852 |
| 4 | python-for-android | 8,651 |
| 5 | PDM | 8,432 |
| 6 | pip-tools | 7,923 |
| 7 | hatch | 6,709 |
| 8 | setup.py | 5,080 |
| 9 | exodus | 2,954 |
| 10 | buildozer | 1,882 |
| 11 | autopkg | 1,373 |
| 12 | peru | 1,128 |
| 13 | devpi | 1,031 |
| 14 | truss | 1,030 |
| 15 | kivy-ios | 810 |
| 16 | gitchangelog | 588 |
| 17 | nvchecker | 477 |
| 18 | poetry-core | 467 |
| 19 | tito | 392 |
| 20 | appimage-builder | 341 |
| 21 | recipe-robot | 309 |
| 22 | resholve | 242 |
| 23 | fades | 222 |
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