pixi ☆

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Description:
Package management made easy

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.62.1@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | @prefix_dev | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: package-manager conda developer-tools dev-environment reproducibility

Install: brew install pixi

About:
Pixi is a cross-platform, package-agnostic workflow manager that builds on the strengths of conda and rattler. It allows developers to declaratively define environments and tasks in a single pixi.toml file, enabling reproducible setups across macOS, Linux, and Windows. By leveraging the conda ecosystem for dependency resolution, it provides fast, reliable package management without the overhead of Docker.

Key Features:

Declarative project configuration with a single pixi.toml file
Cross-platform environment and dependency management
Integrated task runner for defining and executing project workflows
Fast dependency resolution using the rattler library
Compatibility with conda channels and packages

Use Cases:

Managing complex data science and ML environments with reproducible dependencies
Streamlining local development setups for polyglot projects
Automating project-specific build and test tasks across different operating systems

Alternatives:

Conda – Pixi offers faster resolution and a unified task runner while using the same conda packages
Poetry – Poetry is Python-specific; Pixi is language-agnostic and handles non-Python dependencies better
Docker – Docker provides OS-level isolation; Pixi manages native environments without VM overhead

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 22, 2025 11:23am	0.62.1	0	VERSION_BUMP	236a4f75
Dec 18, 2025 5:39pm	0.62.0	0	VERSION_BUMP	722ebbc6
Dec 17, 2025 11:17am		0	VERSION_BUMP	67db662f
Oct 29, 2025 11:22am		0	VERSION_BUMP	5c9e4f16
Oct 7, 2025 12:15pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	7353cef5
Oct 7, 2025 11:24am		0	VERSION_BUMP	85566816
Sep 15, 2025 3:32pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	ae743398
Sep 15, 2025 2:21pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	150f707f
Jan 14, 2025 5:08pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	675c3b0e
Jan 13, 2025 11:06am		0	VERSION_BUMP	5e5f4c8f
Jan 6, 2025 11:04am		0	VERSION_BUMP	e4758d08
Dec 19, 2024 2:05pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	0dbe58a4
Dec 11, 2024 6:11pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	99eb3b20
Dec 11, 2024 5:20pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	45fb41c1
Nov 26, 2024 5:17pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	b9be3906
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Nov 18, 2024 12:54pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	db6d31f4
Nov 12, 2024 8:35pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	1583f797
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Apr 11, 2024 3:38pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	0f1bec54
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Nov 29, 2023 2:49pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	35cf3ce5
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Aug 1, 2023 4:33pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	86530c63
Aug 1, 2023 4:00pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	d6fff617