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Package Managers

name	download	description	example
pip + pypi	pip install pip https://pypi.org/project/pip/	pythons default. pip is the tool. pypi the package repo.	pip install pandas
pdm	https://github.com/pdm-project/pdm?tab=readme-ov-file#installation (iwr -Uri https://pdm-project.org/install-pdm.py -UseBasicParsing).Content | py -
hatch
conda	https://conda.io/projects/…​/install/windows.html	confusing different variant: anaconda, conda, miniconda, miniforge. and dissagreement betwwen anaconda company and OSS contributors. can also manage other languages (R, Java).	conda install -c conda-forge pandas
pixi	winget install prefix-dev.pixi	claims to be a "modern derivate of conda written in rust"
pipenv	pip install pipenv https://pypi.org/project/pipenv/
poetry	pip install poetry https://pypi.org/project/poetry/
PEP 735	n/a	only a draft. might never be adopted.

• https://rye-up.com/

• setuptools

• venv

• https://github.com/astral-sh/uv