Astral vs pip
AstralDeveloper Tools
Open sourcePublished price
pipDeveloper Tools
FreePublished price
Astral Developer Tools Fast Python tooling for modern engineering teams. | pip Developer Tools The package installer for Python | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| What it is | Astral builds modern Python tooling like Ruff and uv to improve developer speed, consistency, and dependency workflows. | Standard package installer for Python used to install and manage libraries from the Python Package Index (PyPI). |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Open source Astral's shipped products, Ruff (linter/formatter) and uv (package/project manager), are free and open source (MIT/Apache 2.0). The company is VC-backed and has not launched a pai… | Free pip is free, open-source software (MIT license), maintained by the Python Packaging Authority. There is no paid version. |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Free options | Free plan · No free trial | Free plan · No free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2022 | 2008 |
| Team size | 11-50 employees | 1-10 employees |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn, NY | Remote |