build vs Hatch
build
build.pypa.ioHatch
hatch.pypa.ioSide by side
| Figure | build | Hatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Python Package Managers | 7.8 (#11) | 8.2 (#4) |
| Integrations | The CI/CD guide gives examples for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Travis CI, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, Docker, and tox. | The installation guide documents an official GitHub Actions install action. |
| Maintainer | The documentation copyright line names Filipe Laíns. | The documentation copyright identifies Ofek Lev as the copyright holder from 2017 to present. |
| Product | build is a simple Python packaging frontend that reads pyproject.toml and invokes build backends to create distribution packages. | Hatch describes itself as a modern, extensible Python project manager. |
| Support | The project documentation links to its GitHub issue tracker for reporting issues. | The project directs users to its issue reporting instructions for reporting problems. |
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In their own words
Hatch
Hatch is a free, MIT-licensed Python project manager for creating projects and managing development environments on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It can start projects from templates or initialize existing ones, including migrating setuptools configuration from setup.py. Environment management supports custom scripts and UV, with manual Python installations or automatic installation as part of an environment. Hatch also supports reproducible builds, test execution, and static analysis backed by Ruff. For publishing, it can upload packages to PyPI and other package indices; lockfiles, dependency groups, and private registries are listed capabilities. Its plugin system uses pluggy, with documented extension types for environments, builders, publishers, and other project tasks. Visual Studio Code can discover Hatch environments through the vscode-python extension, and an official GitHub Actions install action is documented. Installation options include standalone installers or binaries, pip, pipx, Homebrew, Conda, and other methods. The documentation provides a self-report command that prepares a GitHub issue for unexpected behavior.