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# Virtual environments

| Name | Short description | 🚦 |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-: |
| [Conda](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/stable/) | Installs, runs, and updates packages and their dependencies. | 🟢 |
| [pipenv](https://pipenv.pypa.io/en/latest/) | Automatically creates and manages a virtualenv for your projects. | 🟠 |
| [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv) | Lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python. | 🟠 |
| [virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/) | Creates isolated Python environments, and offers more features than venv. | 🟠 |
| [venv](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html) | Creates isolated Python environments. | 🔴 |
| Name | Short description | 🚦 |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-: |
| conda-forge [miniforge] | Installs, runs, and updates packages and their dependencies. Uses `conda`, but with community maintained packages from `conda-forge` channel instead of commercially maintained packages. | 🟢 |
| [pipenv] | Automatically creates and manages a virtualenv for your projects. | 🟠 |
| [pyenv] | Lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python. | 🟠 |
| [virtualenv] | Creates isolated Python environments, and offers more features than venv. | 🟠 |
| [anaconda] | Due to recent [licensing ambiguity][anaconda-problems], we recommend avoiding anaconda and many of the default channels. We recommend installing miniforge and sticking to the `conda-forge` channel. | 🔴 |
| [venv] | Creates isolated Python environments. | 🔴 |

<!-- links here for a more readable table -->

[miniforge]: https://conda-forge.org/download/
[pipenv]: https://pipenv.pypa.io/en/latest/
[pyenv]: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv
[virtualenv]: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/
[anaconda]: https://www.anaconda.com/
[anaconda-problems]: https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/08/anaconda_puts_the_squeeze_on/
[venv]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html