PIP-LIST(1)

📦 version 23.2.1, in centos-stream 9

💅 PIP-LIST(1) 💅

ok so this is the pip manual, bestie — specifically the pip-list page, and it's literally about listing your installed packages. yes. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

pip-list — the glow-up description of the pip list command 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This one lists your installed packages, editables included (editables = the ones installed in editable mode, iykyk).

And the way it sorts them?? Case-insensitive sorted order. So Foo and foo sit together like they're meant to be. Slay. 🎀

🌸 USAGE 🌸

python -m pip list [options]

that's the whole invocation, no notes 💅

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -o, --outdated — list the outdated packages 😭 (the ones that need to catch up)
  • -u, --uptodate — list the uptodate packages ✨ (the ones that ate and left no crumbs)
  • -e, --editable — list editable projects.
  • -l, --local — if you're in a virtualenv that has global access, this says do not list the globally-installed packages. like, stay in your lane bestie 🙈
  • --user — only output packages installed in user-site. that's it, that's the filter.
  • --path <path> — restrict the listing to the specified installation path for packages. and yes, you can use it multiple times (chain it, why not 💅)
  • --pre — include pre-release and development versions. by default, pip only finds stable versions — so this is your backstage pass 🔥
  • --format <list_format> — pick your output format among: columns (the default), freeze, or json. and heads up: the 'freeze' format cannot be used with the --outdated option. them's the rules 🫶
  • --not-required — list packages that are not dependencies of installed packages. the independent ones. main character energy fr 👑
  • --exclude-editable — exclude editable package from output.
  • --include-editable — include editable package from output.
  • --exclude <package> — exclude specified package from the output. bye bye 👋

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

pip developers — the icons behind all of this 💜

The pip developers. periodt.

ok that's the whole page, no cap. now go list some packages and feel something 💖

and that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 — this was pip version 23.2, dated Jun 25, 2025, and honestly? iconic of it. love that for us. mwah 💋✨

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