Using Python Projects With Pixi | prefix.dev
Managing python environments and dependencies is hard, as can be seen by the myriad of python-related package management tools that have sprung up over the years: poetry,conda, micromamba , hatch , pdm, uv etc. These package managers are currently split across the conda and pypi ecosystems. We've felt this pain in the past, where some packages are available on conda, but not on pypi, and vice versa.
With pixi, a package manager for multiple programming languages, we want to unify the two worlds: you can use dependencies directly from the conda (through our library rattler) and pypi (through integration with uv) ecosystems. We hope with pixi to close the gap between conda and pypi, by integrating with them both.
If you are mainly a python developer but are willing to look beyond the PyPI ecosystem, it might be interesting for you to give the conda ecosystem a look, some quick benefits:
The good thing is with the new changes, you can rely fully on pypi packages using the project structure that you know, while being able to opt-in into the conda ecosystem.
