---
id: poetry
version: "2.4.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# poetry — Python dependency management and packaging made easy.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install poetry
uv add poetry
poetry add poetry

## Description

# Poetry: Python packaging and dependency management made easy

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Poetry helps you declare, manage and install dependencies of Python projects,
ensuring you have the right stack everywhere.

![Poetry Install](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-poetry/poetry/main/assets/install.gif)

Poetry replaces `setup.py`, `requirements.txt`, `setup.cfg`, `MANIFEST.in` and `Pipfile` with a simple `pyproject.toml`
based project format.

```toml
[build-system]
requires = ["poetry-core>=2.0.0,<3.0.0"]
build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"

[project]
name = "my-package"
version =...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Poetry is a dependency management and packaging tool that replaces setup.py, requirements.txt, and Pipfile with a unified pyproject.toml-based workflow for declaring, locking, and installing Python project dependencies.

Verdict: Poetry is a mature, actively maintained dependency-management tool with no known vulnerabilities and permissive MIT licensing. Its 22 runtime dependencies reflect comprehensive feature coverage (virtual environments, keyring integration, git support via dulwich, HTTP requests). Suitable for production use.

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