{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/7"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Attempts to install every package from PyPI into isolated virtual environments, creating a local mirror of the entire package index.","skillfed_tags":["pypi-tooling","abandoned"],"use_cases":["Research or analysis of the entire PyPI ecosystem to understand package distribution, naming patterns, or dependency structures.","Creating a local snapshot of PyPI for offline access or archival purposes in an isolated environment.","Testing package management infrastructure or virtual environment tooling at scale with real-world package data.","Identifying broken or incompatible packages across the entire index by observing which installations fail."],"what_it_does":"all_packages is a command-line tool that attempts to download and install every package available on PyPI into separate virtual environments. It was created as a novelty or research tool to explore the entire Python package ecosystem at once, creating a local collection of all 349,451 packages as of its January 2022 release.\n\nThe tool has no runtime dependencies and installs as a simple Python script. It provides a single command, `all_packages install`, which iterates through PyPI and creates isolated virtual environments for each package, attempting installation into each one. Users can customize the output directory with a `-d` flag. However, the package is abandoned and has not been updated since its initial release, so it may not work reliably with current PyPI or modern Python environments.","worth_installing":"No. This package is abandoned (last updated 11 Jan 2022) and will almost certainly fail or behave unexpectedly against the current PyPI index. It consumes extreme resources\u2014disk space and bandwidth for hundreds of thousands of packages\u2014with no clear practical use case. Install only if you are researching historical PyPI behavior or testing package management infrastructure in a controlled lab environment."},"id":"all-packages","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/all-packages","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/all-packages.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/all-packages/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2022-01-11","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"all-packages","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Install every package on PyPI"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":301515,"position":7836,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.0.1"}