A Python package manager written in Rust. The Cargo for Python.
⚠️ Disclaimer:huakis currently in its proof-of-concept (PoC) phase.
Huak aims to be a snappy package manager for Python, supporting a standard base workflow with bootstrapping, configuration, dependency management, testing, building, and distribution tools. This package manager can be used for Python packages and projects.
The goal is to create an opinionated tool to support an inviting onboarding experience to projects and the Python space, that's also responsive and snappy to use.
See either this milestone list or the issue board to check the status of this project at any point in time.
A PoC and an 0.1.0 are expected.
During the PoC phase you'll need to explicitly install the latest pre-release available.
❯ cargo install huak --version
Around 0.1.0 you'll be able to install huak using brew or pip. Distribution plans will be finalized closer to 0.1.0.
❯ huak help
A Python package manager written in Rust inspired by Cargo
USAGE:
huak [SUBCOMMAND]
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Print help information
-V, --version Print version information
SUBCOMMANDS:
activate Activate the project's virtual environment.*
add Add a Python module to the existing project.*
build Build tarball and wheel for the project.*
clean Remove tarball and wheel from the built project.
clean-pycache Remove all .pyc files and __pycache__ directories.
doc Build the current project's documentation.*
fmt Format Python code.
help Display Huak commands and general usage information.
init Initialize the existing project.
install Install the dependencies of an existing project.
lint Lint Python code.
new Create a project from scratch.
publish Build and upload current project to a registry.*
remove Remove a dependency from the project.
run Run a command within the project's environment context.*
test Test Python code.
update Update dependencies added to the project.*
version Display the version of the project.
# 0.1.0
audit Check for just vulnerable dependencies or check
everything including license compatibility with
your dependencies.*
fix Apply auto-fixing to your Python code.*
"*" indicates first-pass of implementation is incomplete.
If you've cloned the repository, run cargo doc --open.
Some documentation for 0.0.x releases will land on docs.rs. Around the 0.1.0 release I'd like to have more robust documentation about Huak for users, contributors, and the curious.
Besides some of my own experience with the Python ecosystem, there are a few additional guiding principles steering the development of Huak:
Open source has done a lot for me both from a tooling and professional development perspective. I'd love to offer Huak as a way to help onboard the absolute and relative newcomers (like myself).
I love Rust's onboarding experience. Cargo has played a large role. It's a great tool for newcomers to use to get their feet wet. Huak can provide the same experience for Python.
There's room for faster tooling in the Python ecosystem. One of the guiding principles will be "Is this the fastest it can be?"
JavaScript has seen a "Going Rust" sub-community pop up. Python seems to be getting one too. Huak would be able to fuel contributions to the intersection of these two languages.
Please read our contributing guide before you start contributing.
See architecture.md.