wppm complements pip on any Python environment (it was born in
WinPython, the portable distribution for Windows,
but does not require it). pip remains the recommended way to add or remove
packages; wppm covers what pip doesn't show or do:
- extras-aware dependency trees: what does
pandas[test]pull in? What does each extra of a package pull in (pandas[.])? Which installed packages usepytest, through which extra? - constraint hunting:
wppm -r numpy!shows only the packages that pin or cap numpy — the ones that will hurt when you upgrade, - missing-dependency detection: trees flag requirements that are not installed
(
lxml==? >=5.3.0;extra==xml), - JSON everywhere (
-j): dependency trees, package lists and environment manifests as machine-readable output, for CI gates and diffing, - offline wheelhouse tooling: install from a directory of wheels or a
pylock.toml, inventory a wheelhouse without installing anything (-ls -ws), - environment manifest (
-md): one document — Markdown or JSON — describing the distribution, its tools, its packages and its wheelhouse; a lightweight SBOM, - portability housekeeping: make any target Python movable (relative shebangs and launchers) or fixed, register/unregister it in Windows.
Compared with pipdeptree: wppm adds per-[extra] granularity in both
directions, the constraining-dependency filter (!), missing-dependency flags,
and it can inspect another environment (-t) or a plain directory of wheels
(-ws) — no need to install anything into it first.
What each extra of pandas would pull in, one level deep:
wppm -p pandas[.] -l1Which installed packages depend on pytest (through which extra), and which ones
constrain it hard (!):
wppm -r pytest[test]
wppm -r pytest![test]The full constraint web of your environment — every package, every extra, nine levels deep:
wppm -p .[.] -l9A JSON inventory of an offline wheel bundle, without installing it:
wppm -ls -ws .\wheelhouse\included.wheels --jsonA manifest of the current environment (distribution, tools, packages, wheelhouse):
wppm -md --jsonFail a CI job if anything in the tree is missing:
wppm -p myapp -j | python -c "import sys,json; s=json.load(sys.stdin); [s.extend(n['depends']) for n in s]; sys.exit(1 if any(not n['installed'] for n in s) else 0)"usage: wppm [-h] [-v] [--register] [--unregister] [--fix] [--movable]
[-ws WHEELSOURCE] [-wd WHEELDRAIN] [-ls] [-lsa] [-md] [-p] [-r]
[-l LEVELS] [-j] [-t TARGET] [-i] [-u]
[package(s) or lockfile ...]
WinPython Package Manager: handle a Python distribution (WinPython or not) and its packages
positional arguments:
package(s) or lockfile
optional package names, wheels, or lockfile
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose show more details on packages and actions
--register Register the target Python: associate file extensions, icons and context menu with it (useful for portable distributions like WinPython)
--unregister Unregister the target Python: de-associate file extensions, icons and context menu from it
--fix make the target Python use absolute (fixed) paths in launchers and shebangs
--movable make the target Python movable/portable: relative paths in launchers and shebangs
-ws WHEELSOURCE wheels location, ('.' = WheelHouse): wppm pylock.toml -ws source_of_wheels, wppm -ls -ws .
-wd WHEELDRAIN wheels destination: wppm pylock.toml -wd destination_of_wheels
-ls, --list list installed packages matching [optional] expression: wppm -ls, wppm -ls pand
-lsa list details of packages matching [optional] expression: wppm -lsa pandas -l1
-md markdown summary of the installation
-p show Package (!= missing) dependencies of the given package[option], [.]=all: wppm -p pandas[.]
-r show Reverse (!= constraining) dependancies of the given package[option]: wppm -r pytest![test]
-l LEVELS show 'LEVELS' levels of dependencies (with -p, -r): wppm -p pandas -l1
-j, --json machine-readable JSON output (with -p, -r, -ls, -md): wppm -p pandas[.] -j
-t TARGET path to target Python distribution (default: current environment)
-i, --install install a given package wheel or pylock file (use pip for more features)
-u, --uninstall uninstall package (use pip for more features)
- Source code: https://github.com/winpython/winpython
- Issues and feature requests: https://github.com/winpython/winpython/issues
- Discussions: https://github.com/winpython/winpython/discussions
- WinPython distribution: https://winpython.github.io/