uv
Extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust for rapid dependency resolution.
Build tools and bundlers PyPI MIT OR Apache-2.0
How uv is used
uv is a dependency in 11 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 150 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. The most used alternative in our scan is setuptools (45 projects). Projects that use it most often also use python-dotenv (82.7%), Requests (80.0%), Pydantic (78.7%).
uv popularity over time
Gid Score 78: downloads 97, use in agent projects 57, GitHub stars 87, downloads trend 57 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with uv
| python-dotenv | 82.7% of uv projects · 9.0× more than average |
|---|---|
| Requests | 80.0% of uv projects · 11.8× more than average |
| Pydantic | 78.7% of uv projects · 9.1× more than average |
| NumPy | 77.3% of uv projects · 13.3× more than average |
| OpenAI Python Library | 76.7% of uv projects · 19.4× more than average |
| PyYAML | 75.3% of uv projects · 12.7× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 75.3% of uv projects · 9.8× more than average |
| tqdm | 74.7% of uv projects · 42.5× more than average |
From all 150 projects in our scan that use uv, including the dependency samples.
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list uv as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install uv |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (149), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | modelscope/MCPBench, Chen-zexi/LangAlpha, blogminhquy/javis-os, digitranslab/allama, KevRojo/Dulus |
Alternatives to uv
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside uv are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| setuptools pypi Extensible Python build backend with C/C++ extension module and packaging support. |
68 | 45 (2.8%) | 236M | 2,870 | MIT |
| build pypi Simple and correct Python package builder for wheel and sdist creation. |
59 | 10 (0.6%) | 23M | 858 | MIT |
| Poetry Core pypi PEP 517 build backend for Poetry, enabling dependency management and package building. |
65 | 1 (0.1%) | 20M | 34.3K | MIT |
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