v0.37.0 - 2024-11-18

✨ Highlights

We now allow the use of prefix.dev channels with sharded repodata:

Running pixi search rubin-env using hyperfine on the default versus our channels gives these results:

Cache Status	Channel	Mean [ms]	Relative
With cache	https://prefix.dev/conda-forge	69.3	1.00
Without	https://prefix.dev/conda-forge	389.5	5.62
With cache	https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge	1043.3	15.06
Without	https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge	2420.3	34.94

Breaking

• Make sure that [activation.env] are not completely overridden by [target. tables, by @hameerabbasi in #2396

Changed

• Allow using sharded repodata by @baszalmstra in #2467

Documentation

• Update ros2.md turtlesim section by @nbbrooks in #2442
• Update pycharm.md to show optional installation by @plainerman in #2487
• Fix typo in documentation by @saraedum in #2496
• Update pixi install output by @LiamConnors in #2495

Fixed

• Incorrect python version was used in some parts of the solve by @tdejager in #2481
• Wrong description on pixi upgrade by @notPlancha in #2483
• Extra test for mismatch in python versions by @tdejager in #2485
• Keep build in pixi upgrade by @ruben-arts in #2476

New Contributors

• @saraedum made their first contribution in #2496
• @plainerman made their first contribution in #2487
• @hameerabbasi made their first contribution in #2396
• @nbbrooks made their first contribution in #2442

v0.36.0 - 2024-11-07

✨ Highlights

• You can now pixi upgrade your project dependencies.
• We've done a performance improvement on the prefix validation check, thus faster pixi run startup times.

Added

• Add powerpc64le target to trampoline by @ruben-arts in #2419
• Add trampoline tests again by @Hofer-Julian in #2420
• Add pixi upgrade by @Hofer-Julian in #2368
• Add platform fallback win-64 for win-arm64 by @chawyehsu in #2427
• Add --prepend option for pixi project channel add by @mrswastik-robot in #2447

Documentation

• Fix cli basic usage example by @lucascolley in #2432
• Update python tutorial by @LiamConnors in #2452
• Improve pixi global docs by @Hofer-Julian in #2437

Fixed

• Use --silent instead of --no-progress-meter for old curl by @jaimergp in #2428
• Search should return latest package across all platforms by @nichmor in #2424
• Trampoline unwraps by @ruben-arts in #2422
• PyPI Index usage (regression in v0.35.0) by @tdejager in #2465
• PyPI git dependencies (regression in v0.35.0) by @wolfv in #2438
• Tolerate pixi file errors (regression in v0.35.0) by @jvenant in #2457
• Make sure tasks are fetched for best platform by @jjjermiah in #2446

Performance

• Quick prefix validation check by @ruben-arts in #2400

New Contributors

• @jvenant made their first contribution in #2457
• @mrswastik-robot made their first contribution in #2447
• @LiamConnors made their first contribution in #2452

v0.35.0 - 2024-11-05

✨ Highlights

pixi global now exposed binaries are not scripts anymore but actual executables.
Resulting in significant speedup and better compatibility with other tools.

Added

• Add language packages with minor pinning by default by @ruben-arts in #2310
• Add grouping for exposing and removing by @nichmor in #2387
• Add trampoline for pixi global by @Hofer-Julian and @nichmor in #2381
• Adding SCM option for init command by @alvgaona in #2342
• Create .pixi/.gitignore containing * by @maresb in #2361

Changed

• Use the same package cache folder by @nichmor in #2335zx
• Disable progress in non tty by @ruben-arts in #2308
• Improve global install reporting by @Hofer-Julian in #2395
• Suggest fix in platform error message by @maurosilber in #2404
• Upgrading uv to 0.4.30 by @tdejager in #2372

Documentation

• Add pybind11 example by @alvgaona in #2324
• Replace build with uv in pybind11 example by @alvgaona in #2341
• Fix incorrect statement about env location by @opcode81 in #2370

Fixed

• Global update reporting by @Hofer-Julian in #2352
• Correctly display unrequested environments on task list by @jjjermiah in #2402

Refactor

• Use built in string methods by @KGrewal1 in #2348
• Reorganize integration tests by @Hofer-Julian in #2408
• Reimplement barrier cell on OnceLock by @KGrewal1 in #2347

New Contributors

• @maurosilber made their first contribution in #2404
• @opcode81 made their first contribution in #2370
• @alvgaona made their first contribution in #2342

v0.34.0

✨ Highlights

• pixi global install now takes a flag --with, inspired by uv tool install. If you only want to add dependencies without exposing them, you can now run pixi global install ipython --with numpy --with matplotlib
• Improved the output of pixi global subcommands
• Many bug fixes

Added

• Add timeouts by @Hofer-Julian in #2311

Changed

• Global update should add new executables by @nichmor in #2298

• Add pixi global install --with by @Hofer-Julian in #2332

Documentation

• Document where pixi-global.toml can be found by @Hofer-Julian in #2304

• Add ros noetic example by @ruben-arts in #2271

• Add nichita and julian to CITATION.cff by @Hofer-Julian in #2327

• Improve keyring documentation to use pixi global by @olivier-lacroix in #2318

Fixed

• pixi global upgrade-all error message by @Hofer-Julian in #2296

• Select correct run environment by @ruben-arts in #2301

• Adapt channels to work with newest rattler-build version by @Hofer-Julian in #2306

• Hide obsolete commands in help page of pixi global by @chawyehsu in #2320

• Typecheck all tests by @Hofer-Julian in #2328

Refactor

• Improve upload errors by @ruben-arts in #2303

New Contributors

• @gerlero made their first contribution in #2300

v0.33.0

✨ Highlights

This is the first release with the new pixi global implementation. It's a full reimplementation of pixi global where it now uses a manifest file just like pixi projects. This way you can declare your environments and save them to a VCS.

It also brings features like, adding dependencies to a global environment, and exposing multiple binaries from the same environment that are not part of the main installed packages.

Test it out with:

# Normal feature
pixi global install ipython

# New features
pixi global install \
    --environment science \           # Defined the environment name
    --expose scipython=ipython \      # Expose binaries under custom names
    ipython scipy                     # Define multiple dependencies for one environment

This should result in a manifest in $HOME/.pixi/manifests/pixi-global.toml:

version = 1

[envs.ipython]
channels = ["conda-forge"]
dependencies = { ipython = "*" }
exposed = { ipython = "ipython", ipython3 = "ipython3" }

[envs.science]
channels = ["conda-forge"]
dependencies = { ipython = "*", scipy = "*" }
exposed = { scipython = "ipython" }

📖 Documentation

Checkout the updated documentation on this new feature:

• Main documentation on this tag: https://pixi.sh/v0.33.0/
• Global CLI documentation: https://pixi.sh/v0.33.0/reference/cli/#global
• The implementation documentation: https://pixi.sh/v0.33.0/features/global_tools/
• The initial design proposal: https://pixi.sh/v0.33.0/design_proposals/pixi_global_manifest/

Breaking changes

This release breaks some CLI commands for pixi global

Before v0.33	In v0.33.0	Comment
pixi global upgrade package	pixi global update environment_name	updates the environment to the highest versions possible within the spec from the manifest
pixi global upgrade-all	pixi global update	Updates all environments to the highest possible version within the spec from the manifest
pixi global remove	pixi global uninstall	remove has become the opposite of add and uninstall of install, thus remove only removes packages from an environment not the environment itself

v0.32.2 - 2024-10-16

✨ Highlights

• pixi self-update will only work on the binaries from the GitHub releases, avoiding accidentally breaking the installation.
• We now support gcs:// conda registries.
• No more broken PowerShell after using pixi shell.

Changed

• Add support for gcs:// conda registries by @clement-chaneching in #2263

Documentation

• Small fixes in tutorials/python.md by @carschandler in #2252
• Update pixi list docs by @Hofer-Julian in #2269

Fixed

• Bind ctrl c listener so that it doesn't interfere on powershell by @wolfv in #2260
• Explicitly run default environment by @ruben-arts in #2273
• Parse env name on adding by @ruben-arts in #2279

Refactor

• Make self-update a compile time feature by @freundTech in #2213

New Contributors

• @clement-chaneching made their first contribution in #2263
• @freundTech made their first contribution in #2213

v0.33.0rc1

Installation:

pixi self-update --version 0.33.0rc1

# OR

curl -fsSL https://pixi.sh/install.sh | PIXI_VERSION=v0.33.0rc1 bash

✨ Highlights

This is a release candidate for the new pixi global implementation. It's a full reimplementation of pixi global where it now uses a manifest file just like pixi projects. This way you can declare your environments and save them to a VCS.

It also brings features like, adding dependencies to a global environment, and exposing multiple binaries from the same environment that are not part of the main installed packages.

Test it out with:

# Normal feature
pixi global install ipython

# New features
pixi global install \
    --environment science \           # Defined the environment name
    --expose scipython=ipython \      # Expose binaries under custom names
    ipython scipy                     # Define multiple dependencies for one environment

This should result in a manifest in $HOME/.pixi/manifests/pixi-global.toml:

version = 1

[envs.ipython]
channels = ["conda-forge"]
dependencies = { ipython = "*" }
exposed = { ipython = "ipython", ipython3 = "ipython3" }

[envs.science]
channels = ["conda-forge"]
dependencies = { ipython = "*", scipy = "*" }
exposed = { scipython = "ipython" }

📖 Documentation

Checkout the updated documentation on this new feature:

• Main documentation on this tag: https://pixi.sh/v0.33.0rc1/
• Global CLI documentation: https://pixi.sh/v0.33.0rc1/reference/cli/#global
• The implementation documentation: https://pixi.sh/v0.33.0rc1/features/global_tools/
• The initial design proposal: https://pixi.sh/v0.33.0rc1/design_proposals/pixi_global_manifest/

v0.32.1 - 2024-10-08

Fixes

• Bump Rust version to 1.81 by @wolfv in #2227

Documentation

• Pixi-pack, docker, devcontainer by @pavelzw in #2220

Note

The task cache from inputs and outputs is most likely going to be invalidated, and thus will be rebuild. This had to do with a difference in the hash of a std::Path in this version of Rust.

v0.32.0 - 2024-10-08

✨ Highlights

The biggest fix in this PR is the move to the latest rattler as it came with some major bug fixes for macOS and Rust 1.81 compatibility.

Changed

• Correctly implement total ordering for dependency provider by @tdejager in rattler/#892

Fixed

• Fixed self-clobber issue when up/down grading packages by @wolfv in rattler/#893
• Check environment name before returning not found print by @ruben-arts in #2198
• Turn off symlink follow for task cache by @ruben-arts in #2209

v0.31.0 - 2024-10-03

✨ Highlights

Thanks to our maintainer @baszamstra!
He sped up the resolver for all cases we could think of in #2162
Check the result of times it takes to solve the environments in our test set:

Added

• Add nodefaults to imported conda envs by @ruben-arts in #2097
• Add newline to .gitignore by @ruben-arts in #2095
• Add --no-activation option to prevent env activation during global install/upgrade by @183amir in #1980
• Add --priority arg to project channel add by @minrk in #2086

Changed

• Use pixi spec for conda environment yml by @ruben-arts in #2096
• Follow symlinks while walking files by @0xbe7a in #2141

Documentation

• Community: add array-api-extra by @lucascolley in #2107
• Add minimal constructor example by @bollwyvl in #2102
• Add description for pixi update --json by @scottamain in #2160
• Fixes backticks for doc strings by @rachfop in #2174

Fixed

• Sort exported conda explicit spec topologically by @synapticarbors in #2101
• --import env_file breaks channel priority by @fecet in #2113
• Allow exact yanked pypi packages by @nichmor in #2116
• Check if files are same in self-update by @apoorvkh in #2132
• get_or_insert_nested_table by @Hofer-Julian in #2167
• Improve install.sh PATH handling and general robustness by @Arcitec in #2189
• Output tasks on pixi run without input by @ruben-arts in #2193

Performance

• Significantly speed up conda resolution by @baszalmstra in #2162

New Contributors

• @Arcitec made their first contribution in #2189
• @rachfop made their first contribution in #2174
• @scottamain made their first contribution in #2160
• @apoorvkh made their first contribution in #2132
• @0xbe7a made their first contribution in #2141
• @fecet made their first contribution in #2113
• @minrk made their first contribution in #2086
• @183amir made their first contribution in #1980
• @lucascolley made their first contribution in #2107