# Fyn

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Fyn and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A uv fork with extra features and telemetry removed, recommended as an option alongside uv. Critics dispute the telemetry claims and question its legitimacy and long-term stability.

## Why people recommend it

- Offers an alternative to uv (2 comments): "this gives us choice. People can use uv or they can use fyn" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489261)) "it's good to have options" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489171))
- Likes the fork's direction and spirit (2 comments): "I like the direction this fork is going in." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488845)) "i like the spirit behind it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47490373))

## What people warn about

- Telemetry claims overstated or misleading (4 comments): "stripping this data and then implying that it was collected by Astral/OpenAI in a creepy way is a bad look for this new fork" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489092)) "Theyre saying "we removed telemetry" with the hopes of getting an emotional response from people who are privacy-focused" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47493438)) "Super tenuous to claim that the info being sent to package indices constitutes "telemetry"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47493413))
- Questions the fork's legitimacy and stability (2 comments): "makes me throughly question the legitimacy and long term stability of it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489626)) "I would question the judgement of anyone jumping on this fork." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489454))
- Motives seen as clout or emotional appeal (3 comments): "Theyre saying "we removed telemetry" with the hopes of getting an emotional response from people who are privacy-focused" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47493438)) "creator is definitely just jumping on this for some clout" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489474)) "They're just aiming for an emotional response." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47494011))
- Solves no real problem (3 comments): "Why prefix the settings `UV_CACHE_MAX_SIZE` and `UV_LOCKFILE` with `UV_` if they're new features? Makes no sense." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488903)) "virtual environments have been always associated with projects and colocated with them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489188)) "non-solution to a non-problem" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47494291))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [uv](https://hackerapproved.com/p/uv.md): 533 recommend
- [pip](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pip.md): 46 recommend
- [Poetry](https://hackerapproved.com/p/poetry.md): 20 recommend
- [Python venv](https://hackerapproved.com/p/venv.md): 17 recommend
- [virtualenv](https://hackerapproved.com/p/virtualenv.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Fyn", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fyn/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).