{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/7"},{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/5"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Creates isolated virtual environments for Ansible collection development, managing collection installation, Python dependencies, and workspace isolation to prevent version conflicts.","skillfed_tags":["ansible-collections","environment-isolation","dependency-management"],"use_cases":["Develop a collection with specific Python package versions (e.g., requests==2.25.0) without affecting other projects on the same machine","Set up a reproducible development environment for a team where each developer uses the same collection and dependency versions","Test a collection against multiple Python versions (3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13) by creating separate virtual environments with --python","Install a collection in editable mode with symlinks for active development, allowing code changes to be immediately reflected","Prevent debugging confusion caused by Ansible loading older collection versions from global paths instead of your development code","Manage complex dependency trees where collections have conflicting requirements that would fail in a shared environment"],"what_it_does":"ansible-dev-environment (ade) is a workspace isolation tool for Ansible collection development. It creates project-specific virtual environments and manages both Ansible collections and their Python dependencies, solving the problem of version conflicts when developing multiple collections with different requirements. The tool installs collections into the virtual environment's site-packages, making them discoverable by Ansible, Python tooling, and pytest while keeping them isolated from global collection directories.\n\nThe core problem it addresses is Ansible's collection search path behavior: Ansible prioritizes global collection locations (like ~/.ansible/collections) over virtual environment paths, causing silent version conflicts where your development code is overridden by older global versions. ade provides three isolation modes\u2014cfg (default, creates ansible.cfg), restrictive (fails if global collections exist), and none\u2014to ensure your virtual environment's collections take precedence. It complements ansible-galaxy by handling Python package dependencies that collections require, creating reproducible development setups across team members.","worth_installing":"Yes. The package is actively maintained (released 2 days ago), production-stable, has no known vulnerabilities, and solves a real problem in Ansible collection development\u2014preventing version conflicts through workspace isolation. Low installation friction and broad Python version support (3.10\u20133.13) make it accessible. The copyleft license is a consideration only if you plan to redistribute modifications; for development use, it poses no barrier."},"id":"ansible-dev-environment","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/ansible-dev-environment","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/ansible-dev-environment.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/ansible-dev-environment/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-08-12","license_spdx":"GPL-3.0-only","license_treatment":"copyleft","name":"ansible-dev-environment","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"A pip-like ansible collection installer."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":582103,"position":5903,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"26.8.0"}