
uv Has a Free Python Package Manager — 10-100x Faster Than pip, Written in Rust
A data scientist ran pip install on a requirements.txt with 50 packages. 2 minutes. Every time. On every CI run. On every new developer laptop. uv is a Python package manager written in Rust. Drop-in replacement for pip, pip-tools, virtualenv, and pyenv. 10-100x faster. What uv Offers for Free 10-100x Faster - Install packages in seconds, not minutes Drop-in Replacement - Same CLI as pip Virtual Environments - Creates and manages venvs Python Management - Install and manage Python versions Lock Files - Deterministic dependency resolution Workspace - Monorepo support Scripts - Run Python scripts with inline dependencies Universal - Works on macOS, Linux, Windows Quick Start # Install uv curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh # Use like pip (but 100x faster) uv pip install flask uv pip install -r requirements.txt # Or modern workflow uv init my-project uv add flask sqlalchemy uv run python app.py GitHub: astral-sh/uv - 30K+ stars Need to monitor and scrape data from multiple web
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