What is this?
Rye is an all-in-one project and package management tool for Python that handles installing Python versions, managing pyproject.toml-based projects, dependencies, and virtualenvs in one place.
Rye is an all-in-one project and package management tool for Python that handles installing Python versions, managing pyproject.toml-based projects, dependencies, and virtualenvs in one place.Is this a CLI tool or a library I import into my code?It's a standalone command-line tool you install on your machine, not something you import into a Python project.
It's a standalone command-line tool you install on your machine, not something you import into a Python project.Do I need Python already installed to use it?No, Rye bootstraps its own Python using Indygreg Python Builds and PyPy binary distributions, so you don't need a pre-existing Python install.
No, Rye bootstraps its own Python using Indygreg Python Builds and PyPy binary distributions, so you don't need a pre-existing Python install.Is Rye still being developed?No, Rye is archived and no longer developed, including no further security updates; the maintainers now point everyone to uv, their successor project.
No, Rye is archived and no longer developed, including no further security updates; the maintainers now point everyone to uv, their successor project.What tools does Rye bundle under the hood?It bundles ruff for linting/formatting, virtualenv for environments, build for creating wheels, twine for publishing, and uv (falling back to unearth/pip-tools) for locking and installing dependencies.
It bundles ruff for linting/formatting, virtualenv for environments, build for creating wheels, twine for publishing, and uv (falling back to unearth/pip-tools) for locking and installing dependencies.Should I use Rye or uv for a new project?Use uv instead — it's the actively maintained successor built by the same team, and Rye itself is no longer updated.
Use uv instead — it's the actively maintained successor built by the same team, and Rye itself is no longer updated.Can Rye manage multi-package projects?Yes, Rye has built-in workspace support for working with complex projects made up of multiple libraries.
Yes, Rye has built-in workspace support for working with complex projects made up of multiple libraries.How do I migrate an existing Rye project away from it?The project points existing users to the official uv migration guide for moving off Rye.
The project points existing users to the official uv migration guide for moving off Rye.Which topics is it in?package-management, dependency-manager, packaging, toolchain, python3, build-tool, package-manager, installer, monorepo, cli-tool, deprecated, command-line
package-management, dependency-manager, packaging, toolchain, python3, build-tool, package-manager, installer, monorepo, cli-tool, deprecated, command-line