Fast Python Development with uv

Learn how to use uv for fast, reliable Python development. Created by Astral (the makers of Ruff), uv is a modern Python package and project manager written in Rust that can replace pip, pip-tools, virtualenv, poetry, pyenv, and more—with dramatic speed improvements.

This hands-on tutorial teaches you how to use uv for managing Python projects, dependencies, and tools. uv is designed to be a drop-in replacement for pip while offering a complete development workflow: project management, dependency resolution, virtual environments, Python version management, and tool installation.

Key advantages of uv:

• Speed: 10-100x faster than pip for most operations
• Compatibility: Works with existing pip workflows and requirements.txt files
• Complete workflow: Replaces multiple tools with a single, unified interface
• Reliability: Deterministic dependency resolution with lock files

You will learn:

• How to replace pip with uv for faster package installation
• How to manage Python projects with pyproject.toml and uv.lock
• How to handle multiple Python versions without external tools
• How to manage workspaces for multi-package projects
• How to use uvx for running Python tools without installation
• How to run single-file scripts with inline dependencies
• How to build and publish Python packages
• Best practices for using uv in real-world projects

A brief comparison with Pixi and other dependency management tools is included.