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id: pip-compile-multi
version: "3.3.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# pip-compile-multi — Compile multiple requirements files to lock dependency versions

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 138.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

pip-compile-multi is a command-line wrapper around pip-tools that extends its capabilities to handle multiple requirements files in a single run. Instead of manually running pip-compile on each file, you point the tool at a directory or configuration and it resolves all transitive dependencies across files, outputting locked versions to corresponding .txt files. It uses click for CLI handling and toposort to manage file dependencies, and can optionally delegate resolution to uv instead of pip-tools for faster compilation.

The tool is designed for projects with layered or environment-specific requirements—such as base.txt, dev.txt, and test.txt—where you need consistent locked versions across all layers. It supports features like autoresolve for conflict-free compilations, configuration via pyproject.toml, and pass-through flags for pip-tools options like backtracking and build isolation.

Use it for:

- Lock dependencies for a multi-environment project (base, dev, test, prod) in one command.
- Maintain consistent transitive dependency versions across separate requirements files.
- Integrate pip-compile into CI/CD pipelines to regenerate locked files on dependency updates.
- Use uv resolver for faster compilation when pip-tools is too slow on large dependency trees.
- Configure requirements compilation rules in pyproject.toml for team-wide consistency.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Compiles multiple requirements files into locked dependency versions using pip-tools or uv, resolving transitive dependencies across files.

Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and solves a real problem for projects with multiple requirements files. It is stable (Production/Stable status) and widely used (top 15000 on PyPI). Install it if you manage multiple requirements files and want to lock versions across them efficiently.

## Install

pip install pip-compile-multi
uv add pip-compile-multi
poetry add pip-compile-multi

## Installing pip-compile-multi

Before you install: Low install friction with just three runtime dependencies (click, pip-tools, toposort). Actively maintained with recent releases; last commit 2026-08-12. Supports Python 3.10–3.14.

License in practice: MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most projects.

Quickstart:

pip install pip-compile-multi
pip-compile-multi

Requires Python ~=3.10 and pip-tools as a runtime dependency.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the tool handles circular dependencies or conflicting version constraints across files.
- Performance characteristics when compiling very large numbers of requirements files.
- How the uv resolver integration (added in 3.2.0) compares to pip-tools in speed and compatibility.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 138.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

lock multiple requirements files, pip-tools wrapper multi-file, dependency resolution multiple files, freeze requirements across projects, batch pip-compile, requirements.txt locking tool, multi-environment dependency lock, dependency-locking, requirements-management, cli-tool

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