PIP3-INDEX(1)

📦
version 26.1.2 · 7 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

🌸 PIP3-INDEX — the vibe check for your package index 💅

okay bestie so, this is pip3-index — it's a manual page for the pip3 index command. Yes, the manual name is literally pip3-index, and the whole thing lives under the pip family of docs. Come sit with me, this one's short and honestly kinda iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

pip3-index — a full-on description of the pip3 index command, bestie. That's it. That's the name. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Inspect information available from package indexes. That's the whole thing, no cap — you're just looking, not installing. Detective mode. 🔍✨

🌈 USAGE 🌈

python -m pip index versions <package>

that's the move, periodt. 💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --platform <platform> — only use wheels compatible with <platform>. Defaults to the platform of the running system (so like, whatever you're on right now, slay). Use this option multiple times to specify multiple platforms supported by the target interpreter. (environment variable: PIP_PLATFORM)
  • --python-version <python_version> — the Python interpreter version to use for wheel and "Requires-Python" compatibility checks. Defaults to a version derived from the running interpreter. The version can be specified using up to three dot-separated integers (e.g. "3" for 3.0.0, "3.7" for 3.7.0, or "3.7.3"). A major-minor version can also be given as a string without dots (e.g. "37" for 3.7.0). Versatile queen. 👑 (environment variable: PIP_PYTHON_VERSION)
  • --implementation <implementation> — only use wheels compatible with Python implementation <implementation>, e.g. 'pp', 'jy', 'cp', or 'ip'. If not specified, then the current interpreter implementation is used. Use 'py' to force implementation-agnostic wheels. ✨ (environment variable: PIP_IMPLEMENTATION)
  • --abi <abi> — only use wheels compatible with Python abi <abi>, e.g. 'pypy_41'. If not specified, then the current interpreter abi tag is used. Use this option multiple times to specify multiple abis supported by the target interpreter. Generally you will need to specify --implementation, --platform, and --python-version when using this option. Yes, all three. Do not skip, iykyk. 😭 (environment variable: PIP_ABI)
  • --ignore-requires-python — ignore the Requires-Python information. Just… pretend it said nothing. 🙈 (environment variable: PIP_IGNORE_REQUIRES_PYTHON)
  • --json — output data in a machine-readable JSON format. For when you want your robot bestie to read it instead of your eyeballs. 🤖💖 (environment variable: PIP_JSON)

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

pip developers. the queens who built all this. 👑

The pip developers

okay that's the whole page, we ate and left no crumbs 🍓 the version is 26.1 and it's dated Jun 02, 2026 — that's your source/version + date sign-off, bestie. go forth and index those versions. 🎀✨💅

📦 where this page comes from