PIP-LIST(1)

✨ PIP-LIST ✨

okay bestie, this is the pip-list page from the pip manual — it's the one that shows you everything you've got installed 💖

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💅 NAME 💅

pip-list — the whole entire description of the pip list command, no cap.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Lists the packages you have installed, editables included 🫶

The packages come out in a case-insensitive sorted order — so don't stress, it's alphabetised for you, you're welcome ✨

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🎀 USAGE 🎀

python -m pip list [options]

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -o, --outdated — shows you only the packages that are outdated, i.e. the ones that are lowkey falling behind 😭

(environment variable: PIP_OUTDATED)

• -u, --uptodate — shows you only the packages that are up to date. icon behaviour honestly 👑

(environment variable: PIP_UPTODATE)

• -e, --editable — lists your editable projects 💅

(environment variable: PIP_EDITABLE)

• -l, --local — if you're inside a virtualenv that has global access, this stops it from listing the globally-installed packages. so it keeps things local, as it should 🧚

(environment variable: PIP_LOCAL)

• --user — only outputs packages installed in user-site. that's it, that's the vibe 🍓

(environment variable: PIP_USER)

• --path <path> — restricts the listing to the specified installation path for listing packages. and yes bestie, you can use this multiple times 🌈

(environment variable: PIP_PATH)

• --format <list_format> — picks your output format out of: columns (the default), freeze, or json.

🚨 heads up: the freeze format cannot be used with the --outdated option. they do not coexist, periodt.

(environment variable: PIP_FORMAT)

• --not-required — lists the packages that are not dependencies of installed packages. the free agents 💀

(environment variable: PIP_NOT_REQUIRED)

• --exclude-editable — keeps editable packages out of the output 🙈

(environment variable: PIP_EXCLUDE_EDITABLE)

• --include-editable — puts editable packages into the output 💜

(environment variable: PIP_INCLUDE_EDITABLE)

• --exclude <package> — kicks the specified package out of the output ✨

(environment variable: PIP_EXCLUDE)

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🦋 Author 🦋

pip developers 💖

🌟 Copyright 🌟

The pip developers

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and that's the whole page, bestie — you ate that 🫶

this was pip version 26.0, dated Aug 26, 2026, and the source is the pip manual. slay 💅