PIP3-FREEZE(1)

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💖 PIP3-FREEZE(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for pip3-freeze, from the pip manual. yes it's a whole separate little page, it's giving spin-off energy ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

pip3-freeze — the description of the pip3 freeze command, basically its whole lore 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It outputs your installed packages in requirements format. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic behaviour honestly 💅

and listen — the packages are listed in a case-insensitive sorted order. so no, it's not alphabetical-with-attitude, it's case-insensitive sorted, no cap 👑

🎀 USAGE 🎀

python -m pip freeze [options]

that's the whole summoning ritual, bestie 🧚

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -r, --requirement <file> — use the order that's in the given requirements file, plus its comments, when it's generating output. and yes you can use this option multiple times, it's a repeater, it contains multitudes 💅

(environment variable: PIP_REQUIREMENT)

  • -l, --local — if you're in a virtualenv that has global access, this says do not output the globally-installed packages. keep it local, keep it intimate, periodt 🌸

(environment variable: PIP_LOCAL)

  • --user — only output packages installed in user-site. just the user-site ones. nothing else invited to the party 🙈

(environment variable: PIP_USER)

  • --path <path> — restrict it to the specified installation path for listing packages. and yes, this one can be used multiple times too 🔥

(environment variable: PIP_PATH)

  • --all — do not skip these packages in the output: pip. that's the list, that's who it covers 💀

(environment variable: PIP_ALL)

  • --exclude-editable — exclude editable package from output. bye bestie, not today 👋

(environment variable: PIP_EXCLUDE_EDITABLE)

  • --exclude <package> — exclude the specified package from the output. tell it it's not coming 🚫

(environment variable: PIP_EXCLUDE)

💜 Author 💜

pip developers — the whole squad, the masterminds, the main characters 👑

The pip developers — all the rights, all the credit, all the respect 🫶

okay and for the cute little sign-off — this page is version 26.1, dated Jun 02, 2026, and it's the PIP3-FREEZE(1) page from the pip manual 💖

go freeze your packages bestie, you're gonna slay ⭐ 🦋 💅

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