# mitsuhiko/pipsi

pip script installer

Repository: https://github.com/mitsuhiko/pipsi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pipsi
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-05-24T15:08:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4406, "days_push": 2658, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1993, forks 135 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:03.257271+00:00)

## What it is
pipsi is a Python CLI tool that installs Python packages with command-line entry points into isolated virtualenvs and symlinks their scripts into ~/.local/bin. It wraps pip and virtualenv to enable sudo-free, conflict-free global installation of Python CLI applications.

## Use cases
- install python cli tools globally without sudo
- avoid dependency conflicts between globally installed python scripts
- uninstall a python cli package and its dependencies cleanly
- install python scripts into isolated virtualenvs
- manage globally installed python command line applications
- upgrade installed python cli tools

## When to choose
- you are on a legacy system already using pipsi and cannot migrate
- you need the historical pipsi workflow for scripts or documentation

## When to avoid
- starting a new setup - use pipx instead, which is the actively maintained successor
- installing python libraries to be imported by other code
- you need recent python version compatibility or ongoing support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: package-manager, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, windows
- tags: pip, virtualenv, python-cli-tools, isolated-installation, deprecated, pipx-alternative, command-line, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mitsuhiko/pipsi (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.257271+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:02:35.746631+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mitsuhiko/pipsi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.257271+00:00, sha d3d496d7ffa0)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pipsi/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:42:18.079672+00:00, sha eaa394cc575a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.