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23 changes: 13 additions & 10 deletions src/python/packaging_tools_comparisons.rst
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,Install Python,Install packages,Build distributions,Upload distributions,Manage virtual environments,Lock files
build,no,no,yes,no,no,no
Flit,no,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes
Hatch,no,yes,yes,yes,yes,no
PDM,no,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes
Flit,no,yes,yes,yes,yes,no
Hatch,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,no
PDM,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes
pip,no,yes,yes,no,no,yes
pip-tools,no,yes,no,no,no,yes
Pipenv,no,yes,no,no,yes,yes
pipx,no,yes,no,no,no,no
Poetry,no,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes
Poetry,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes
pyenv,yes,no,no,no,no,no
Pyflow,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes
setuptools,no,yes,yes,no,no,no
setuptools [#]_,no,no,no,no,no,no
twine,no,no,no,yes,no,no
uv,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes
venv,no,no,no,no,yes,no
virtualenv,no,no,no,no,yes,no
virtualenvwrapper,no,no,no,no,yes,no
wheel,no,no,yes,no,no,no

Build back-ends are not listed here, but they are in a dedicated section below.

.. [#] setuptools used to have some of these features
but they are all deprecated now.
setuptools' feature set is now reduced to ones of a build back-end.


Comparisons
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Hatch,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,no
PDM,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes
Poetry,yes,yes,yes,yes,no,yes,yes
Pyflow,no,yes,yes,yes,no,no,yes
uv,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,no,yes

See also build back-end features in dedicated section.

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``maturin``,yes,yes,yes,*Cargo* (*Rust*)
``meson-python``,yes,yes,yes,*Meson*
``pdm-backend``,yes,yes,yes,no
``poetry-core``,yes,no,yes,``build.py`` [#]_
``poetry-core``,yes,yes,yes,``build.py`` [#]_
``pymsbuild``,yes,no,no,``_msbuild.py``
``scikit-build-core``,yes,yes,no,*CMake*
``setuptools``,yes,yes,yes,``setup.py``
``trampolim``,yes,yes,no,no
``uv-build``,yes,yes,yes,no
``whey``,yes,yes,yes,no

.. [#] Poetry has an undocumented feature allowing
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tox,yes,yes [#]_
venv,no,no
virtualenv,yes,no
virtualenvwrapper,yes,no

Unlike the other tools presented in this section,
``venv`` is part of Python's own standard library,
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