Dart pub vs pip
Dart pub
dart.devpip
pip.pypa.ioSide by side
| Figure | Dart pub | pip |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Package Managers | 7.8 (#46) | 8.8 (#7) |
| Dependency resolution | Pub manages dependency versions to find versions compatible with each other and with the Dart SDK version. | pip can determine and install package dependencies, and its resolver can backtrack when version choices are incompatible. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lockfile support | Yes | Yes |
| Offline installation | Yes | Yes |
| Package formats | Dart packages | sdist,wheel |
| Package sources | Packages can come from pub.dev, the local file system, or other locations such as Git repositories. | pip looks at PyPI by default and can install packages from other Python package repositories. |
| Private registry auth | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | Pub is Dart’s package manager for managing package dependencies. | pip is the package installer for Python and can install packages from PyPI and other indexes. |
| Security reporting | The pub.dev security page directs users to report pub.dev vulnerabilities through a Google contact form and package vulnerabilities through GitHub Security Advisories. | The documentation directs users to report security issues to [email protected]. |
| Supported platforms | Windows,Linux,macOS | The current pip version is supported on Windows, Linux, and macOS, and maintainers do not support other operating systems. |
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In their own words
Dart pub
Dart pub is Dart’s package manager for finding and managing shared libraries and tools. It resolves dependency versions compatible with one another and the installed Dart SDK, and records selected versions in a lockfile so application teams can keep dependency versions consistent. Packages may come from pub.dev, other hosted repositories, Git repositories, local paths, or supported SDKs. Developers can use pub through the dart or Flutter command-line tools, and most Dart-savvy IDEs support package workflows. The `dart pub publish` command uploads packages to pub.dev. Before publishing, pub checks for possible secret leaks using limited patterns and may warn or refuse publication; packages published to pub.dev cannot have Git or local path dependencies in their pubspec. Security advisories draw on the GitHub Advisory Database for Dart and Flutter packages. Pub can often resolve dependencies offline from its shared cache. It supports Windows, Linux, and macOS, and is free and open source.
pip
pip installs Python packages from PyPI and other package indexes, as well as from version control URLs, local project directories, and source archives. It supports source distributions and wheels, resolves dependencies, and can install an environment specified in a requirements file. Its install command can produce a JSON report of installed packages. pip runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and the current version supports CPython 3.10 through 3.15 and the latest PyPy3. Other operating systems and Python versions are not supported by its maintainers. It is commonly included in virtual environments and Python downloads from python.org; ensurepip and get-pip.py are also installation options. An experimental standalone zip application is available, but its documentation advises against production use. pip is free. It does not collect telemetry, though it sends non-identifying details such as Python version and operating system to the remote indexes it accesses. Remote tampering checks are not enabled by default; hash-checking mode and binary-only installs are listed as more secure options.