---
id: uv
version: "0.12.3"
license: MIT OR Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# uv — An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.

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

## Install

pip install uv
uv add uv
poetry add uv

## Description

# uv

An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.

<p align="center">
  <img alt="Shows a bar chart with benchmark results." src="https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/assets/1309177/629e59c0-9c6e-4013-9ad4-adb2bcf5080d">
</p>

<p align="center">
  <i>Installing <a href="https://trio.readthedocs.io/">Trio</a>'s dependencies with a warm cache.</i>
</p>

## Highlights

- A single tool to replace `pip`, `pip-tools`, `pipx`, `poetry`, `pyenv`, `twine`, `virtualenv`, and
  more.
- [10-100x faster](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/blob/main/BENCHMARKS.md) than `pip`.
- Provides [comprehensive project management](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/blob/0.12.3/README.md#projects), with a
  [universal lockfile](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/concepts/projects/layout#the-lockfile).
- [Runs scripts](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/blob/0.12.3/README.md#scripts), with support for
  [inline dependency metadata](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/scripts#declaring-script-dependencies).
- [Installs and manages](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/blob/0.12.3/README.md#python-versions) Python versions.
- [Runs and installs](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/blob/0.12.3/README.md#tools)...

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