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bndr/pipreqs

pipreqs - Generate pip requirements.txt file based on imports of any project. Looking for maintainers to move this project forward. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/bndr/pipreqs · Python · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

56/100

  • Activity 74
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4151
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 156
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

7461 stars · 421 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

pipreqs is a Python CLI tool that generates a requirements.txt file by scanning a project's source code for imports and mapping them to PyPI package names. It supports custom PyPI servers, proxies, Jupyter notebook scanning, and version pinning schemes.

Use cases

  • generate requirements.txt from project imports
  • find missing dependencies in a python project
  • clean unused packages from requirements.txt
  • compare requirements.txt against actual imports
  • scan jupyter notebooks for dependencies

When to choose

  • you need a requirements.txt for a project that never had one
  • you want imports-based dependency detection instead of environment snapshots
  • you need to diff or clean an existing requirements file

When to avoid

  • you want to pin exact versions of an existing working environment (use pip freeze)
  • you manage dependencies with modern tools like poetry or uv
  • the project is unmaintained and you need active support

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

developer-tools package-manager parser developer-tools python cli cross-platform requirements-txt dependency-management pip static-analysis command-line automation

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bndr/pipreqsmain56

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