Poetry vs uv
Poetry
python-poetry.org
uv
docs.astral.shSide by side
| Figure | Poetry | uv |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (#45) | 8.9 (#4) |
| Spec score · Python Package Managers | 7.3 (#21) | 8.0 (#10) |
| Credential storage | When a supported system keyring is available, Poetry stores and retrieves repository passwords through the keyring; otherwise it falls back to an auth.toml file. | uv currently stores credentials in a plaintext file; native system secret storage is available as an experimental preview feature. |
| Dependency resolution | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lockfile support | Yes | Yes |
| Package formats | source distributions,wheels | source distributions,wheels,requirements.txt,pylock.toml |
| Private registry auth | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | Poetry manages Python dependencies and packaging, installs and updates declared libraries, provides a lockfile for repeatable installs, and builds projects for distribution. | uv is an extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust. |
| Supported platforms | Linux,macOS,Windows | macOS,Linux,Windows,CPython,PyPy,Pyodide,GraalPy |
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In their own words
uv
uv is a Python package and project manager for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Written in Rust, it manages dependencies and environments, with lockfiles and workspaces, and can install, list, pin, or uninstall Python versions. It also runs scripts with dependencies and runs or installs command-line tools from Python packages. Its pip-compatible interface is intended to cover work done by tools such as pip, pip-tools, pipx, poetry, pyenv, twine, and virtualenv, though its commands do not exactly match those tools. The documentation describes uv as 10–100x faster than pip. It supports source distributions, wheels, requirements.txt, and pylock.toml, as well as offline installation and private registry authentication. For package selection, its default first-index strategy limits candidates to the first index where a package is found. Credentials are not stored in uv.lock, but uv currently stores them in a plaintext file; native system secret storage is an experimental preview. The free plan is free.