PIP3-SEARCH(1)

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version 26.1.2 · 7 versions
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✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is pip3-search — the manual page that tells you all about the pip3 search command, bestie 💖

🔍 DESCRIPTION 🔍

You know that feeling when you know a PyPI package exists but you cannot remember what it's called? yeah. this is that fix 🫶

pip3 search hunts through PyPI for packages whose name or summary contains your <query>. that's it, that's the whole vibe. you type a word, it hands you the packages that match, slay ✨

ngl it's a fuzzy lil search over names and summaries, so a package called like super-cool-lib and a package whose summary literally says "super cool" both show up. iykyk 💅

🐚 USAGE 🐚

python -m pip search [options] <query>

run it, pass your <query>, sprinkle in [options] if you're feeling fancy 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -i, --index <url> — the base URL of the Python Package Index, lowkey the place pip goes looking for stuff 💫 (default is https://pypi.org/pypi, obviously 🌸)

(environment variable: PIP_INDEX) — so if you wanna set it once and never think about it again, that's your girl 💜

👑 Author 👑

pip developers — the icons themselves 🫡

The pip developers — all rights theirs, protect them at all costs 💖

okay bestie that's the whole page, mwah 🎀✨

this was 26.1, dated Jun 02, 2026 — stay iconic, go search some packages 👑💅

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