Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade
uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade Programming 23 October 2025 | Reading time: 6 minutes It’s 2025. Does installing Python, managing virtual environments, and synchronizing dependencies between your colleagues really have to be so difficult? Well… no! A brilliant new tool called uv came out recently that revolutionizes how easy installing and using Python can be. uv is a free, open-source tool built by Astral, a small startup that has been churning out Python tools (like the excellent linter Ruff) for the past few years. uv can: Install any Python version for you Install packages Manage virtual environments Solve dependency conflicts extremely quickly (very important for big projects.) What’s best is that it can do all of the above better than any…
