4 Summary: The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages.
5 Home-page: https://pip.pypa.io/
6 Author: The pip developers
7 Author-email: distutils-sig@python.org
9 Project-URL: Documentation, https://pip.pypa.io
10 Project-URL: Source, https://github.com/pypa/pip
11 Project-URL: Changelog, https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/
12 Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
13 Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
14 Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
15 Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools
16 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
17 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
18 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
19 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
20 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
21 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
22 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
23 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
24 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
25 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
26 Requires-Python: >=3.7
27 License-File: LICENSE.txt
29 pip - The Python Package Installer
30 ==================================
32 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pip.svg
33 :target: https://pypi.org/project/pip/
35 .. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/pip/badge/?version=latest
36 :target: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest
38 pip is the `package installer`_ for Python. You can use pip to install packages from the `Python Package Index`_ and other indexes.
40 Please take a look at our documentation for how to install and use pip:
45 We release updates regularly, with a new version every 3 months. Find more details in our documentation:
50 In pip 20.3, we've `made a big improvement to the heart of pip`_; `learn more`_. We want your input, so `sign up for our user experience research studies`_ to help us do it right.
52 **Note**: pip 21.0, in January 2021, removed Python 2 support, per pip's `Python 2 support policy`_. Please migrate to Python 3.
54 If you find bugs, need help, or want to talk to the developers, please use our mailing lists or chat rooms:
57 * `Discourse channel`_
60 If you want to get involved head over to GitHub to get the source code, look at our development documentation and feel free to jump on the developer mailing lists and chat rooms:
63 * `Development documentation`_
69 Everyone interacting in the pip project's codebases, issue trackers, chat
70 rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the `PSF Code of Conduct`_.
72 .. _package installer: https://packaging.python.org/guides/tool-recommendations/
73 .. _Python Package Index: https://pypi.org
74 .. _Installation: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/
75 .. _Usage: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/
76 .. _Release notes: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news.html
77 .. _Release process: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/
78 .. _GitHub page: https://github.com/pypa/pip
79 .. _Development documentation: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development
80 .. _made a big improvement to the heart of pip: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2020/11/pip-20-3-new-resolver.html
81 .. _learn more: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide/#changes-to-the-pip-dependency-resolver-in-20-3-2020
82 .. _sign up for our user experience research studies: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2020/03/new-pip-resolver-to-roll-out-this-year.html
83 .. _Python 2 support policy: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/#python-2-support
84 .. _Issue tracking: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues
85 .. _Discourse channel: https://discuss.python.org/c/packaging
86 .. _User IRC: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/#ircs://irc.libera.chat:+6697/pypa
87 .. _Development IRC: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/#ircs://irc.libera.chat:+6697/pypa-dev
88 .. _PSF Code of Conduct: https://github.com/pypa/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md