Pixi
Hacker ApprovedRanked 12 of 35 package managers by recommenders
Developer tools package manager that installs Python and Conda packages together in one fast tool with exact lockfiles, often called a uv for Conda.
Developer tools package manager that installs Python and Conda packages together in one fast tool with exact lockfiles, often called a uv for Conda.
25 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 24
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 96%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 24 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 24 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
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Better alternative to conda
“Pixi is such an excellent piece of software. It makes working within the conda ecosystem tolerable, which is no small feat.”
Comment from 4 Nov 2025 on Hacker News “Can highly recommend pixi. It really is the "uv but for Conda" and actually quite a bit more imo.”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “Astral to Join OpenAI” “If you want a uv-equivalent that replaces conda, then look at pixi”
Comment from 19 Mar 2026 in “Astral to Join OpenAI” - Comment from 27 Dec 2025 in “Apple releases open-source model that instantly turns 2D photos into 3D views”
- Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Thoughts on OpenAI acquiring Astral and uv/ruff/ty”
Fast, like uv
“pixi is as fast as uv (it uses fast code path from uv) but goes further beyond python wheels”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “Fyn: An uv fork with new features, bug fixes, stripped telemetry” “Pixi is also fast + sands a lot of the rough edges off the Conda experience”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “The C-Shaped Hole in Package Management” “it's about as fast as uv since it uses uv's dependency resolution code”
Comment from 19 Mar 2026 in “Astral to Join OpenAI” Mixes PyPI and conda packages
“pixi solves this by managing both Python packages from PyPI and compiled system libraries from conda-forge in a single tool”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 on Hacker News “does even more than uv by giving you the ability to mix dependencies from pypi.org and Conda”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “Astral to Join OpenAI” Per-platform lockfile guarantees exact versions
“With Pixi you get a per-platform lockfile that guarantees installation of the exact versions.”
Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “Binary Dependencies: Identifying the Hidden Packages We All Depend On” “pixie's lockfile might be the most interesting part.”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Local-First and Portable CI”
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34 of the 36 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“requires only a small user-level installation and a folder specific deployment”
“pixie's lockfile might be the most interesting part.”
“I've enjoyed the UI because it's easy to add task aliases”
“With Pixi you get a per-platform lockfile that guarantees installation of the exact versions.”
“Especially with Pixi, it is a joy to use.”
“pixi solves this by managing both Python packages from PyPI and compiled system libraries from conda-forge in a single tool”
“everything confined to the venv within the directory”
“They are all anachronisms, as they have no GUIs, just commands to be typed into a REPL with bizarre key combos”
“pixi global allows you to create global environments in central location if you prefer this workflow”
“pixi is as fast as uv (it uses fast code path from uv) but goes further beyond python wheels”
“I am using pixi now and like it a lot”
“does even more than uv by giving you the ability to mix dependencies from pypi.org and Conda”
“Can highly recommend pixi. It really is the "uv but for Conda" and actually quite a bit more imo.”
“kinda is a uv for the Conda ecosystem”
“it's about as fast as uv since it uses uv's dependency resolution code”
“I hear good things about it”
“If you want a uv-equivalent that replaces conda, then look at pixi”
“I've heard lots of good things about it”
“It is close to getting resolved with UV and Pixi.”
“The best package manager that I like the most for C++ is Pixi”
“Pixi is also fast + sands a lot of the rough edges off the Conda experience”
“much nicer/saner alternative to conda”
“it doesn't have a tendency to break random stuff due to polluting your environment by default”
“There's a lot of good competition arising in this space.”
“I use a mixture of pixi, uv and conda depending on the task I'm doing.”
“designed from the getgo to support this use case”
“all better choices than abusing the Python ecosystem to ship arbitrary executables”
“I find micromamba / pixi a better way of managing packages”
“Using pixi + docker + dokku for my data processing projects lets me push an identical environment to a cloud instance with basically no devops overhead.”
“Pixi is such an excellent piece of software. It makes working within the conda ecosystem tolerable, which is no small feat.”
“pixi turned out to be just what I needed, because my software also needs to run on older macOS versions”
“Pixi works on any linux distribution. The ros packages only require glibc to be available”
“pixi brings the benefits of these types of dependencies, with native support for multiple languages”
“Pixi is the only tool that streamlined my build process.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.