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What both publish
| Fact | pkgman | uv |
|---|---|---|
| Dependency resolution | Yes | Yes |
| Maker | Haiku is developed by volunteer contributors worldwide, with support from the nonprofit Haiku, Inc. | Astral says its mission is to make the Python ecosystem more productive by building high-performance developer tools, starting with Ruff. |
| Package formats | HPKG | source distributions,wheels,requirements.txt,pylock.toml |
| Purpose | pkgman is a Haiku command-line tool for package management. | uv is an extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust. |
| Security | The project says infrastructure data is kept private on a need-to-know basis and provides an email address for vulnerability reports. | uv uses TLS with rustls and bundled Mozilla root certificates by default to verify HTTPS connections. |
| Supported platforms | Haiku OS | macOS,Linux,Windows,CPython,PyPy,Pyodide,GraalPy |
pkgman plans
- pkgmanFree
uv plans
- uvFree
Pick pkgman if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.
Pick uv if…
uv suits Python developers looking to manage project environments and dependencies, install Python versions, or run scripts and command-line tools. Its pip-compatible interface may appeal to those consolidating several Python tool workflows.