Hacker News with Generative AI: Package Management

Sapphire: Rust based package manager for macOS (github.com/alexykn)
Sapphire is a next‑generation, Rust‑powered package manager inspired by Homebrew. It installs and manages:

Rust, macOS, Package Management, Software, Open Source

439 points by adamnemecek 4 days ago | 288 comments

Ask HN: What is bad about Homebrew? (ycombinator.com)
I've seen a number of comments characterizing homebrew, the package manager, as bad but it was usually in an offhand way.

Software, Package Management, Community, Software Development

10 points by croemer 5 days ago | 9 comments

Show HN: Lux – A luxurious package manager for Lua (mrcjkb.dev)
It’s time Lua got the ecosystem it deserves!

Programming, Lua, Package Management, Open Source

268 points by mrcjkb 19 days ago | 134 comments

Show HN: SwiftHive – A Swift Package Registry for Faster Builds (swifthive.l18.dev)
A private registry for Swift packages that ensures build reproducibility, speeds up dependency resolution by 10x, and reduces bandwidth usage by up to 90% for both open-source and private packages.

Swift, Package Management, Open Source, Build Optimization, Software Development

9 points by lgaches 21 days ago | 0 comments

Python Adopts Standard Lock File Format for Reproducible Installs (socket.dev)
Python has officially standardized a lock file format.

Python, Software, Reproducibility, Package Management

8 points by feross 24 days ago | 0 comments

Ekapkgs, a poly-repo fork of Nixpkgs (nixcademy.com)
Nixpkgs is a technical marvel.

Nix, Package Management, Open Source, Software

4 points by todsacerdoti 26 days ago | 0 comments

Pushing the opam-repository into a sustainable repository (robur.coop)

Software Development, Open Source, Package Management

4 points by todsacerdoti 31 days ago | 0 comments

Setuptools version 78.0.1 breaks install of many packages (github.com/pypa)
When installing the "ansible-vault" package, setuptools raises this exception:

Python, Package Management, Software Development, Bugs

22 points by computronus 33 days ago | 12 comments

uv downloads overtake Poetry for Wagtail users (wagtail.org)
The data ^ seems pretty clear – uv is now the second most popular package installer for Wagtail users, after pip, taking over from Poetry.

Wagtail, Package Management, Software, Python

228 points by ThibWeb 40 days ago | 204 comments

Switching from Pyenv to Uv (bluesock.org)
The 0.4.0 release of uv does everything I currently do with pip, pyenv, pipx, pip-tools, and pipdeptree. Because of that, I'm in the process of switching to uv.

Python, Package Management, Tools

351 points by harryvederci 48 days ago | 229 comments

Linux Package Managers Are Worse Than You Think (medium.com)
Most Linux distros come with a package manager, which is responsible for installing and removing packages and all their dependencies. In theory, these package managers help the user, doing the dirty work behind the scenes. However, things can get really embarrassing when we take a closer look.

Linux, Software, Operating Systems, Package Management

18 points by rpgbr 83 days ago | 11 comments

PyPI Now Supports Project Archival (pypi.org)
Support for marking projects as archived has landed on PyPI. Maintainers can now archive a project to let users know that the project is not expected to receive any more updates.

Python, Software Development, Open Source, Package Management

36 points by woodruffw 86 days ago | 0 comments

Notes on Nix (goodtechthings.com)
I have spent the last 5 years telling myself “Someday I’m going to sit down and figure out what Nix actually is.”

Operating Systems, Package Management, Linux

9 points by forrestbrazeal 96 days ago | 0 comments

Uv's killer feature is making ad-hoc environments easy (valatka.dev)
In my view, neither performance nor trying to be Python-aligned is what sets uv apart. Don’t get me wrong — try switching from uv to Poetry, and you’ll quickly notice how sluggish it (poetry) feels. uv goes extra miles to adhere to PEPs, and IMHO it’s the go-to package manager for Python these days. But these aren’t the features that surprised me most.

Python, Package Management, Software, Development Tools

502 points by astronautas 104 days ago | 417 comments

Nix – Death by a Thousand Cuts (dgt.is)
This is my perspective on using Nix (the OS, the package manager, and the language) as a main driver for the past 2 years. I have gone to conferences, engaged the community, donated, submitted bug reports, converted my home servers, and probably spent hundreds of hours in Nix configs. I consider myself well versed, but certainly no expert.

Operating Systems, Package Management, Nix, Software

348 points by jonotime 105 days ago | 326 comments

uv: An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust. (github.com/astral-sh)
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.

Python, Package Management, Rust, Performance

6 points by behnamoh 105 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Is NPM Having an Outage? (ycombinator.com)
I can't install any module. They are all 404.

Node.js, Software, Package Management

33 points by paradite 139 days ago | 27 comments

Discrepancy between what's in GitHub and what's been published to PyPI (github.com/ultralytics)
Discrepancy between what's in GitHub and what's been published to PyPI for v8.3.41.

Python, Software, Open Source, Version Control, Package Management

35 points by the_mitsuhiko 141 days ago | 7 comments

Sqlpkg – The SQLite Extension Hub (sqlpkg.org)
Find SQLite extensions using the search box above. You can download and install them manually, or use the sqlpkg package manager.

SQLite, Database, Tools, Package Management

5 points by thunderbong 153 days ago | 0 comments

Workbrew makes open-source package manager Homebrew enterprise-friendly (techcrunch.com)
A trio of former GitHub executives and engineers have founded a new startup that brings the benefits of one of the most popular open source package managers to the enterprise.

Open Source, Enterprise Software, Package Management, Startups

14 points by woodruffw 158 days ago | 2 comments

PyPI now supports digital attestations (pypi.org)
PyPI package maintainers can now publish signed digital attestations when publishing, in order to further increase trust in the supply-chain security of their projects. Additionally, a new API is available for consumers and installers to verify published attestations.

Python, Security, Software Development, Open Source, Package Management

218 points by miketheman 163 days ago | 186 comments

Determinate Nix (nixos.org)

Operating Systems, Linux, Package Management, Nix

6 points by aendruk 186 days ago | 0 comments

Hunting for Gems: How Ruby's package management system evolved (railsexplained.com)
It’s time for another installment in our series on loading code in Rails.

Ruby, Package Management, Programming, Rails

69 points by greytape 213 days ago | 19 comments

Setting up a cache server for apt packages (qmacro.org)

Caching, Linux, Software, Networking, Package Management

30 points by todsacerdoti 235 days ago | 5 comments

Openwrt working on moving to Alpine Package Manager (APK) (github.com/openwrt)