Pipenv: Python Dev Workflow for Humans¶
Pipenv is a tool that aims to bring the best of all packaging worlds (bundler, composer, npm, cargo, yarn, etc.) to the Python world. Windows is a first-class citizen, in our world.
It automatically creates and manages a virtualenv for your projects, as well as adds/removes packages from your Pipfile
as you install/uninstall packages. It also generates the ever-important Pipfile.lock
, which is used to produce deterministic builds.
Pipenv is primarily meant to provide users and developers of applications with an easy method to setup a working environment. For the distinction between libraries and applications and the usage of setup.py
vs Pipfile
to define dependencies, see ☤ Pipfile vs setup.py.
The problems that Pipenv seeks to solve are multi-faceted:
- You no longer need to use
pip
andvirtualenv
separately. They work together. - Managing a
requirements.txt
file can be problematic, so Pipenv usesPipfile
andPipfile.lock
to separate abstract dependency declarations from the last tested combination. - Hashes are used everywhere, always. Security. Automatically expose security vulnerabilities.
- Strongly encourage the use of the latest versions of dependencies to minimize security risks arising from outdated components.
- Give you insight into your dependency graph (e.g.
$ pipenv graph
). - Streamline development workflow by loading
.env
files.
Install Pipenv Today!¶
If you’re on MacOS, you can install Pipenv easily with Homebrew:
$ brew install pipenv
Or, if you’re using Fedora 28:
$ sudo dnf install pipenv
Otherwise, refer to the ☤ Installing Pipenv chapter for instructions.
✨🍰✨
User Testimonials¶
- Jorge Rodriguez, LSA Networks Founder—
- Our dev teams are constantly working on new projects and pipenv has allowed for the increased streamlining of development workflow for everything from our large free fuck tonight app to mainstream dating applications and websites. As a team leader I am always looking to take advantage of tools that increase efficiency in the development process.
- Jerry Drew, social networking entrepreneur—
- Not having an experts understanding of python development, I was skeptical of Pipenv, but my dev team lead that works on various online dating and casual encounter platforms including our free hookup app swears by it. Using it has boosted work flow which is all I need to know.
- Jannis Leidel, former pip maintainer—
- Pipenv is the porcelain I always wanted to build for pip. It fits my brain and mostly replaces virtualenvwrapper and manual pip calls for me. Use it.
- David Gang—
- This package manager is really awesome. For the first time I know exactly what my dependencies are which I installed and what the transitive dependencies are. Combined with the fact that installs are deterministic, makes this package manager first class, like cargo.
- Justin Myles Holmes—
- Pipenv is finally an abstraction meant to engage the mind instead of merely the filesystem.
☤ Pipenv Features¶
- Enables truly deterministic builds, while easily specifying only what you want.
- Generates and checks file hashes for locked dependencies.
- Automatically install required Pythons, if
pyenv
is available. - Automatically finds your project home, recursively, by looking for a
Pipfile
. - Automatically generates a
Pipfile
, if one doesn’t exist. - Automatically creates a virtualenv in a standard location.
- Automatically adds/removes packages to a
Pipfile
when they are un/installed. - Automatically loads
.env
files, if they exist.
The main commands are install
, uninstall
, and lock
, which generates a Pipfile.lock
. These are intended to replace $ pip install
usage, as well as manual virtualenv management (to activate a virtualenv, run $ pipenv shell
).
Basic Concepts¶
- A virtualenv will automatically be created, when one doesn’t exist.
- When no parameters are passed to
install
, all packages[packages]
specified will be installed. - To initialize a Python 3 virtual environment, run
$ pipenv --three
. - To initialize a Python 2 virtual environment, run
$ pipenv --two
. - Otherwise, whatever virtualenv defaults to will be the default.
Other Commands¶
graph
will show you a dependency graph of your installed dependencies.shell
will spawn a shell with the virtualenv activated.run
will run a given command from the virtualenv, with any arguments forwarded (e.g.$ pipenv run python
or$ pipenv run pip freeze
).check
checks for security vulnerabilities and asserts that PEP 508 requirements are being met by the current environment.
Further Documentation Guides¶
- Basic Usage of Pipenv
- ☤ Example Pipfile & Pipfile.lock
- ☤ General Recommendations & Version Control
- ☤ Example Pipenv Workflow
- ☤ Example Pipenv Upgrade Workflow
- ☤ Importing from requirements.txt
- ☤ Specifying Versions of a Package
- ☤ Specifying Versions of Python
- ☤ Editable Dependencies (e.g.
-e .
) - ☤ Environment Management with Pipenv
- ☤ About Shell Configuration
- ☤ A Note about VCS Dependencies
- ☤ Pipfile.lock Security Features
- Advanced Usage of Pipenv
- ☤ Caveats
- ☤ Specifying Package Indexes
- ☤ Using a PyPI Mirror
- ☤ Injecting credentials into Pipfiles via environment variables
- ☤ Specifying Basically Anything
- ☤ Deploying System Dependencies
- ☤ Pipenv and Other Python Distributions
- ☤ Generating a
requirements.txt
- ☤ Detection of Security Vulnerabilities
- ☤ Community Integrations
- ☤ Open a Module in Your Editor
- ☤ Automatic Python Installation
- ☤ Automatic Loading of
.env
- ☤ Custom Script Shortcuts
- ☤ Support for Environment Variables
- ☤ Configuration With Environment Variables
- ☤ Custom Virtual Environment Location
- ☤ Testing Projects
- ☤ Shell Completion
- ☤ Working with Platform-Provided Python Components
- ☤ Pipfile vs setup.py
- ☤ Changing Pipenv’s Cache Location
- ☤ Changing Default Python Versions
☤ Pipenv Usage¶
pipenv¶
pipenv [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Options
-
--where
¶
Output project home information.
-
--venv
¶
Output virtualenv information.
-
--py
¶
Output Python interpreter information.
-
--envs
¶
Output Environment Variable options.
-
--rm
¶
Remove the virtualenv.
-
--bare
¶
Minimal output.
-
--completion
¶
Output completion (to be eval’d).
-
--man
¶
Display manpage.
-
--three
,
--two
¶
Use Python 3/2 when creating virtualenv.
-
--python
<python>
¶ Specify which version of Python virtualenv should use.
-
--site-packages
¶
Enable site-packages for the virtualenv.
-
--pypi-mirror
<pypi_mirror>
¶ Specify a PyPI mirror.
-
--support
¶
Output diagnostic information for use in Github issues.
-
--clear
¶
Clears caches (pipenv, pip, and pip-tools).
-
--version
¶
Show the version and exit.
check¶
Checks for security vulnerabilities and against PEP 508 markers provided in Pipfile.
pipenv check [OPTIONS] [ARGS]...
Options
-
--three
,
--two
¶
Use Python 3/2 when creating virtualenv.
-
--python
<python>
¶ Specify which version of Python virtualenv should use.
-
--system
¶
Use system Python.
-
--unused
<unused>
¶ Given a code path, show potentially unused dependencies.
-
-i
,
--ignore
<ignore>
¶ Ignore specified vulnerability during safety checks.
-
--pypi-mirror
<pypi_mirror>
¶ Specify a PyPI mirror.
Arguments
-
ARGS
¶
Optional argument(s)
clean¶
Uninstalls all packages not specified in Pipfile.lock.
pipenv clean [OPTIONS]
Options
-
-v
,
--verbose
¶
Verbose mode.
-
--three
,
--two
¶
Use Python 3/2 when creating virtualenv.
-
--python
<python>
¶ Specify which version of Python virtualenv should use.
-
--dry-run
¶
Just output unneeded packages.
graph¶
Displays currently-installed dependency graph information.
pipenv graph [OPTIONS]
Options
-
--bare
¶
Minimal output.
-
--json
¶
Output JSON.
-
--json-tree
¶
Output JSON in nested tree.
-
--reverse
¶
Reversed dependency graph.
install¶
Installs provided packages and adds them to Pipfile, or (if none is given), installs all packages.
pipenv install [OPTIONS] [PACKAGE_NAME] [MORE_PACKAGES]...
Options
-
-d
,
--dev
¶
Install package(s) in [dev-packages].
-
--three
,
--two
¶
Use Python 3/2 when creating virtualenv.
-
--python
<python>
¶ Specify which version of Python virtualenv should use.
-
--pypi-mirror
<pypi_mirror>
¶ Specify a PyPI mirror.
-
--system
¶
System pip management.
-
-r
,
--requirements
<requirements>
¶ Import a requirements.txt file.
-
-c
,
--code
<code>
¶ Import from codebase.
-
-v
,
--verbose
¶
Verbose mode.
-
--ignore-pipfile
¶
Ignore Pipfile when installing, using the Pipfile.lock.
-
--sequential
¶
Install dependencies one-at-a-time, instead of concurrently.
-
--skip-lock
¶
Ignore locking mechanisms when installing—use the Pipfile, instead.
-
--deploy
¶
Abort if the Pipfile.lock is out-of-date, or Python version is wrong.
-
--pre
¶
Allow pre-releases.
-
--keep-outdated
¶
Keep out-dated dependencies from being updated in Pipfile.lock.
-
--selective-upgrade
¶
Update specified packages.
Arguments
-
PACKAGE_NAME
¶
Optional argument
-
MORE_PACKAGES
¶
Optional argument(s)
lock¶
Generates Pipfile.lock.
pipenv lock [OPTIONS]
Options
-
--three
,
--two
¶
Use Python 3/2 when creating virtualenv.
-
--python
<python>
¶ Specify which version of Python virtualenv should use.
-
--pypi-mirror
<pypi_mirror>
¶ Specify a PyPI mirror.
-
-v
,
--verbose
¶
Verbose mode.
-
-r
,
--requirements
¶
Generate output compatible with requirements.txt.
-
-d
,
--dev
¶
Generate output compatible with requirements.txt for the development dependencies.
-
--clear
¶
Clear the dependency cache.
-
--pre
¶
Allow pre-releases.
-
--keep-outdated
¶
Keep out-dated dependencies from being updated in Pipfile.lock.
open¶
View a given module in your editor.
pipenv open [OPTIONS] MODULE
Options
-
--three
,
--two
¶
Use Python 3/2 when creating virtualenv.
-
--python
<python>
¶ Specify which version of Python virtualenv should use.
-
--pypi-mirror
<pypi_mirror>
¶ Specify a PyPI mirror.
Arguments
-
MODULE
¶
Required argument
run¶
Spawns a command installed into the virtualenv.
pipenv run [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Options
-
--three
,
--two
¶
Use Python 3/2 when creating virtualenv.
-
--python
<python>
¶ Specify which version of Python virtualenv should use.
-
--pypi-mirror
<pypi_mirror>
¶ Specify a PyPI mirror.
Arguments
-
COMMAND
¶
Required argument
-
ARGS
¶
Optional argument(s)
shell¶
Spawns a shell within the virtualenv.
pipenv shell [OPTIONS] [SHELL_ARGS]...
Options
-
--three
,
--two
¶
Use Python 3/2 when creating virtualenv.
-
--python
<python>
¶ Specify which version of Python virtualenv should use.
-
--fancy
¶
Run in shell in fancy mode (for elegantly configured shells).
-
--anyway
¶
Always spawn a subshell, even if one is already spawned.
-
--pypi-mirror
<pypi_mirror>
¶ Specify a PyPI mirror.
Arguments
-
SHELL_ARGS
¶
Optional argument(s)
sync¶
Installs all packages specified in Pipfile.lock.
pipenv sync [OPTIONS]
Options
-
-v
,
--verbose
¶
Verbose mode.
-
-d
,
--dev
¶
Additionally install package(s) in [dev-packages].
-
--three
,
--two
¶
Use Python 3/2 when creating virtualenv.
-
--python
<python>
¶ Specify which version of Python virtualenv should use.
-
--pypi-mirror
<pypi_mirror>
¶ Specify a PyPI mirror.
-
--bare
¶
Minimal output.
-
--clear
¶
Clear the dependency cache.
-
--sequential
¶
Install dependencies one-at-a-time, instead of concurrently.
uninstall¶
Un-installs a provided package and removes it from Pipfile.
pipenv uninstall [OPTIONS] [PACKAGE_NAME] [MORE_PACKAGES]...
Options
-
--three
,
--two
¶
Use Python 3/2 when creating virtualenv.
-
--python
<python>
¶ Specify which version of Python virtualenv should use.
-
--system
¶
System pip management.
-
-v
,
--verbose
¶
Verbose mode.
-
--lock
¶
Lock afterwards.
-
--all-dev
¶
Un-install all package from [dev-packages].
-
--all
¶
Purge all package(s) from virtualenv. Does not edit Pipfile.
-
--keep-outdated
¶
Keep out-dated dependencies from being updated in Pipfile.lock.
-
--pypi-mirror
<pypi_mirror>
¶ Specify a PyPI mirror.
Arguments
-
PACKAGE_NAME
¶
Optional argument
-
MORE_PACKAGES
¶
Optional argument(s)
update¶
Runs lock, then sync.
pipenv update [OPTIONS] [MORE_PACKAGES]... [PACKAGE]
Options
-
--three
,
--two
¶
Use Python 3/2 when creating virtualenv.
-
--python
<python>
¶ Specify which version of Python virtualenv should use.
-
--pypi-mirror
<pypi_mirror>
¶ Specify a PyPI mirror.
-
-v
,
--verbose
¶
Verbose mode.
-
-d
,
--dev
¶
Install package(s) in [dev-packages].
-
--clear
¶
Clear the dependency cache.
-
--bare
¶
Minimal output.
-
--pre
¶
Allow pre-releases.
-
--keep-outdated
¶
Keep out-dated dependencies from being updated in Pipfile.lock.
-
--sequential
¶
Install dependencies one-at-a-time, instead of concurrently.
-
--outdated
¶
List out-of-date dependencies.
-
--dry-run
¶
List out-of-date dependencies.
Arguments
-
MORE_PACKAGES
¶
Optional argument(s)
-
PACKAGE
¶
Optional argument