# prefix-dev/pixi

Powerful system-level package manager for Linux, macOS and Windows written in Rust – building on top of the Conda ecosystem.

Repository: https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pixi
Homepage: https://pixi.sh
Language: Rust
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: conda, conda-environment, conda-packages, package-management, package-manager, package-manager-tool, python-virtual-environment, rust, rust-lang
Last push: 2026-08-26T12:34:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 87
- inputs: {"age_days": 1223, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 5, "n_releases_24m": 90}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7641, forks 555 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:02.157207+00:00)

## What it is
Pixi is a cross-platform, system-level package manager and workflow tool written in Rust, built on the Conda ecosystem via the rattler library. It offers a Cargo/npm-like CLI for managing multi-language (Python, C++, R) project environments with lockfiles on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

## Use cases
- manage conda environments per project
- reproducible development environments with lockfiles
- install python and c++ dependencies without system pollution
- run project tasks like npm scripts
- install command-line tools globally or per-project
- replace conda/mamba with a faster rust-based manager

## When to choose
- you need reproducible multi-language environments across Linux, macOS, and Windows
- you want a fast, Cargo-like CLI for conda packages
- you need lockfiles for deterministic dependency resolution
- you want per-project or global tool installation without Python dependency

## When to avoid
- you only need pip packages from PyPI with no conda ecosystem needs
- your project depends on tooling tightly integrated with conda/mamba internals
- you need a GUI-based package manager

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, cli, developer-tools, build-tool
- domain: developer-tools, data-science
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform, rust
- tags: conda, environment-management, lockfile, reproducible-environments, task-runner, python-environments, command-line, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- prefix-dev/pixi (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.157207+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 2026-08-29T17:36:46.277500+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.157207+00:00, sha 9b5f3ba56dcf)
  - homepage: https://pixi.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:58.309168+00:00, sha 655913b88c44)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/pixi (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:58.317961+00:00, sha 807fc95fd61d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.