pypa/pipfile

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The design specification for the Pipfile and Pipfile.lock formats, a TOML-based proposed replacement for pip's requirements.txt, together with a Python parser implementation for the spec. Pipenv is the reference consumer of this format and library.

Use cases

• parse Pipfile and Pipfile.lock files in Python
• replace requirements.txt with a single TOML dependency file
• manage dev and default dependency groups in one place
• reproduce locked environments with pinned recursive dependency versions
• build tooling that reads or writes the Pipfile format
• declare Python dependencies with TOML syntax and version constraints

When to choose

• you need to programmatically read or manipulate Pipfile/Pipfile.lock files
• you are building tools that must interoperate with Pipenv's dependency format
• you want grouped, ordered, TOML-based dependency declarations instead of multiple requirements files

When to avoid

• you simply need pip to install packages from requirements.txt
• you want a full dependency resolver and virtualenv manager rather than a format parser - use Pipenv
• you need a finalized, frozen specification - the format is explicitly still under active design

Facets

library · maturity experimental

parser package-manager developer-tools python pipfile pipenv pip dependency-management toml lockfile requirements-txt python-packaging specification

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