pip-check

pip-check gives you a quick overview of all installed packages and their update status. Under the hood it calls pip list --outdated --format=columns and transforms it into a more user-friendly table.

pip-check also supports uv, or pip at any location. Pass the pip command using --cmd:

pip-check -c pip3
pip-check -c ".venv/bin/pip"
pip-check -c "uv pip"

Installation:

pip install pip-check

Or Install the last version that runs on Python 2.7 or 3.4:

pip install pip-check==2.5.2

Usage:

$ pip-check -h
usage: __init__.py [-h] [-a] [-c PIP_CMD] [-l] [-r] [-f] [-H] [-u] [-U]

A quick overview of all installed packages and their update status. Supports `pip` or `uv pip`.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -a, --ascii           Display as ASCII Table
  -c, --cmd PIP_CMD     The [uv] pip executable to run. E.g.: `/path/to/pip` or `uv pip`. Default: `pip`
  -l, --local           Show only virtualenv installed packages. (pip only)
  -r, --not-required    List only packages that are not dependencies of installed packages. (pip only)
  -f, --full-version    Show full version strings.
  -H, --hide-unchanged  Do not show "unchanged" packages.
  -u, --show-update     Show update instructions for updatable packages. (pip only)
  -U, --user            Show only user installed packages. (pip only)

Local Development

pip-check uses uv for local development.

$ pip install -U uv
uv sync     # Create a .venv and install dependencies
uv build    # Build distribution packages
uv publish  # Publish on Pypi

Testing:

Test against a variation of Python versions:

$ uv run nox

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