relenv
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need reproducible, relocatable Python builds for distribution or deployment. The active maintenance, zero runtime dependencies, and recent release indicate a stable tool. However, verify the license status before use, and confirm that the compilation overhead and disk footprint of self-contained builds fit your use case—this is not a lightweight alternative to virtualenv, but a specialized distribution mechanism.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires source compilation toolchain on the build machine; the resulting builds are relocatable but building them requires a development environment.
- Active maintenance with a release 1 day old and no runtime dependencies make installation straightforward.
- The package is a pure Python wheel with low friction.
License · maintenance · safety
(unclear) — License status is unclear—no SPDX identifier or raw license text is available in the package metadata. Verify the actual license before using in proprietary or restricted contexts.
last release 2026-08-13 (1 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-13 · 38 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 73,540 downloads/mo, #14,982 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install relenv
import relenv
# Create a reproducible Python build
relenv.build()- Exact Python version support and minimum requirements are not specified in metadata.
- Whether the package itself is licensed under an open-source or proprietary license needs clarification.
- Performance overhead or size impact of self-contained builds compared to standard Python installations.
What it is and what it does
Relenv is a tool for creating self-contained Python distributions that bundle the entire interpreter and can be moved between machines and filesystems without reinstallation. Unlike virtualenv or pyenv, which manage package isolation or Python versions respectively, Relenv produces complete, standalone Python builds compiled entirely from source. This makes them reproducible—identical binaries across builds—and relocatable, so you can share a single Relenv build across team members or deploy it to different systems without reconfiguration.
The package itself has no runtime dependencies and installs as a pure Python wheel, making it lightweight to add to a build pipeline. It's designed for scenarios where you need guaranteed consistency across environments or want to distribute Python with your application without relying on system Python or package managers.
Use it for
- Distribute a consistent Python runtime with a containerized or packaged application across multiple deployment targets.
- Build reproducible Python environments for CI/CD pipelines where binary consistency is required for auditing or compliance.
- Create portable Python setups for teams that need to share identical development environments without per-machine configuration.
- Package Python with compiled extensions for offline or air-gapped deployments where package managers are unavailable.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you need reproducible, relocatable Python builds for distribution or deployment.
The active maintenance, zero runtime dependencies, and recent release indicate a stable tool. However, verify the license status before use, and confirm that the compilation overhead and disk footprint of self-contained builds fit your use case—this is not a lightweight alternative to virtualenv, but a specialized distribution mechanism.
Install
relenv on PyPI
Before you install
Active maintenance with a release 1 day old and no runtime dependencies make installation straightforward. The package is a pure Python wheel with low friction.
Requires source compilation toolchain on the build machine; the resulting builds are relocatable but building them requires a development environment.
License in practice
License status is unclear—no SPDX identifier or raw license text is available in the package metadata. Verify the actual license before using in proprietary or restricted contexts.
Quickstart
pip install relenv
import relenv
# Create a reproducible Python build
relenv.build()Verify before relying
- Exact Python version support and minimum requirements are not specified in metadata.
- Whether the package itself is licensed under an open-source or proprietary license needs clarification.
- Performance overhead or size impact of self-contained builds compared to standard Python installations.
Package facts
| License | Not declared unclear |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 1 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 73,540 / month, #14,982 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: relenv-0.22.22-py3-none-any.whl
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