uv is an extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust. It provides essential features for Python development — from installing Python and hacking on simple scripts to working on large projects that support multiple Python versions and platforms.
uvs highlights include:
- 🚀 A singular replacement to pip, pip-tools, pipx, poetry, pyenv, twine, virtualenv, and more.
- ⚡️ 10-100x faster installs than vanilla pip.
- 🗂️ Comprehensive project management, with a universal lockfile.
- 🐍 Installation and management of Python versions as well as tools published as Python packages.
- 💾 Disk-space efficient setup, with a global cache for dependency deduplication.
- 🖥️ Support for macOS, Linux and Windows.
We use uv as our singular Python dependency and enviroment management system in applications with AI and machine learning context, such as MUCGPT.