uv-workon#
Command line program uv-workon to work with multiple uv based virtual
environments. Note that the program name uv-workon differs from the project
name uv-workon as uv-workon was taken on pypi.
Overview#
uv has taken the python world by storm, and for good reason. It manages
projects, dependencies, virtual environment creation, and much more, all while
being blazingly fast. One of the central ideas of uv is that the old method of
activating virtual environments should be replace with uv run ... and letting
uv figure out the rest. We fully agree with this workflow, but it does run
counter to how many have used python virtual environments day to day for data
work. For example, many have historically used tools like conda or
virtualenvwrapper to manage centrally located python
environments, that can be reused for multiple tasks. While we discorage using
“mega” environments (i.e., sticking every dependency you’ll ever need in a
single python environments), there is utility in using a virtual environment for
multiple tasks. There is active discussion regarding if
and how uv should manage centralized virtual environments.
We takes the perspective that python virtual environments should be managed with
uv inside a project. uv-workon allows for the usage of such virtual
environments outside the project. The basic workflow is as follows:
Create a project
my-projectusinguv init ...Create a virtual environment
my-project/.venvusinguv sync ...Link to central location using
uv-workon link my-project
Now, from anywhere, you can use the virtual environment my-project:
Activate with
uv-workon activate -n my-projectRun python using the
my-projectvirtual environment withuv-workon run -n my-project ...Change to the
my-projectproject directory withuv-workon cd -n my-project
Features#
Link virtual environment to central location with
uv-workon link. These links are located atWORKON_HOMEenvironment variable, defaulting to~/.virtualenvs.Activate virtual environment with
uv-workon activate ...(requires shell integration)Run under virtual environment with
uv-workon run ...Change to project directory with
uv-workon cd ...(requires shell integration)List available virtual environments with
uv-workon listCleanup missing symlinks with
uv-workon cleanManage
ipykernelwithuv-workon kernels ...Install kernels for linked virtual environments which have
ipykernelinstalled withuv-workon kernels install ...Remove kernels (including remove all missing/broken kernels) with
uv-workon kernels remove ...list installed kernels with
uv-workon kernels list ...
Status#
This package is actively used by the author. Please feel free to create a pull request for wanted features and suggestions!