Pip-tools Alternatives

pip-tools reviews and mentions

• Generate pip requirements.txt file based on imports of any project
  9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Sep 2024

  I don’t know if this is how pipreqs works, but I’d be concerned about a typo in an import that inadvertently installs a library.

  I’ve found pip-tools [1] to be a nice middle ground between `pip freeze` and something heavier like poetry. It’s especially helpful in showing you where a library came from, when a library installs other libraries it depends upon.

  One could still have a typo in their requirements.in file with pip-tools, but changes there are much less frequent than imports which could be a daily occurrence in some codebases.

  [1] https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools

• Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python
  20 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Mar 2024

  > Why is the "requirements.txt" file a stupid flat listing of all transitive dependencies with pinned versions? It makes it harder to change library versions even if there are no true conflicts.

  My friend, here is what you seek: https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools

  requirements.txt is flat because it's really the output of `pip freeze`. It's supposed to completely and exactly rebuild the environment. Unfortunately it's far too flexible and people abuse it by putting in only direct dependencies etc.

  If you're writing packages, you don't need a requirements.txt at all, by the way. Package dependencies (only direct dependencies) live in pyproject.toml with the rest of the package config. requirements.txt (and pip tools) are only for when you want to freeze the whole environment, like for a server deployment.

• lockfiles for hatch projects
  4 projects | /r/Python | 6 Dec 2023

  For all my projects I found myself regenerating manual lock files using complex shell commands with pip-compile to get a reproducible environments across devices using a custom pre-install-command. I finally decided that instead of hacking together the same solution on all my projects I would build a plugin that handles this complexity for me.

• Setting up Django in a Better Way in 5 Minutes and Understanding How It Works
  8 projects | dev.to | 13 Nov 2023

  Instead of venv, we are using pip-tools in this starter kit. pip-tools take things further in dependency management. Check out what pip-tools does in their official GitHub repo. In short, it helps your project find the best match for the dependent packages. For example, you might need two packages A and B in your project that requires same package C under the hood. But A requires any version of C from 1.0.1 to 1.0.10 and B requires any version of C from 1.0.7 to 1.0.15. Pip tools will automatically compile the version of 'C' that suits for both of your packages.

• just-pip-tools: An example of managing python dependencies as layered lock files with just and pip-tools
  3 projects | /r/Python | 18 Oct 2023

  I've created a small project called just-pip-tools that combines pip-tools and just to manage Python dependencies in a layered approach. This isn't a magic bullet; it's a set of files you can adapt to your needs.

• Maintaining virtual environments
  1 project | /r/learnpython | 18 May 2023

  For small projects I recommend pip-tools. Just write packet list in requirements.in and pip-compile compile a requirements.txt with comments.

• how to upgrade psycopg2 to psycopg3 as per django latest documentation
  1 project | /r/django | 15 Apr 2023

  Take a look at pip-tools, great package. https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools

• Single-file scripts that download their dependencies
  8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jan 2023
• What are people using to organize virtual environments these days?
  3 projects | /r/Python | 14 Jan 2023

  pip-tools

• How to know what a package depend on when pip is installing it?
  2 projects | /r/learnpython | 4 Jan 2023

  I recommend generating a lockfile to document this information, as you might do with pip-tools.

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