poetry — Poetry is a tool for Python packaging and dependency management that simplifies project configuration using a single pyproject.toml file.

Poetry is a tool for Python packaging and dependency management that simplifies project configuration using a single pyproject.toml file.

About this project

Poetry provides a unified approach to declaring, managing, and installing dependencies for Python projects. It replaces multiple traditional configuration files—including setup.py, requirements.txt, setup.cfg, MANIFEST.in, and Pipfile—with a single pyproject.toml based project format. Key capabilities include: - Dependency Management: Handles installation and version constraints for project dependencies, including support for git dependencies and optional dependencies. - Project Organization: Supports dependency groups (e.g., dev, docs, lint) to organize requirements based on the environment or task. - Packaging: Simplifies the process of defining package metadata and scripts for CLI tools. - Ecosystem Integration: Works with poetry-core for PEP 517 build-system compliance and offers plugins for exporting lock files to other formats like requirements.txt.