Hatch

7.1easy start · #5 of 27
in Python Package Managers

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.

Hatch is ranked #5 of 27 in Python package managers on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Hatch Free MIT-licensed Python project manager hatch.pypa.io · 4 Oct 2026

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Lockfile support: Yes
Environment management: Yes
Package publishing: Yes
Private registry: Yes
Dependency groups: Yes
Supported platforms: cross-platform

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The record

Product: Hatch describes itself as a modern, extensible Python project manager.
Builds: Hatch supports reproducible builds and a rich ecosystem of plugins.
Environments: Hatch provides environment management with custom scripts and UV support.
Python management: Hatch supports manual Python installations and automatic installation as part of environments.
Testing and analysis: Hatch provides test execution and static analysis backed by Ruff.
Publishing: Hatch can upload packages to PyPI or other package indices.
Project setup: Hatch can create projects from templates and initialize existing projects, including migrating setuptools configuration from setup.py.
Integration: Visual Studio Code supports Hatch environment discovery through the vscode-python extension.
Extensibility: Hatch uses pluggy for plugin functionality and documents plugin types for environments, builders, publishers, and other project tasks.
Installation: The installation documentation provides installers or standalone binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux, as well as pip, pipx, Homebrew, Conda, and other installation methods.
License: Hatch is distributed under the MIT license.
Support: The documentation directs users to report unexpected behavior using the hatch self report command, which prepares an issue on GitHub.
Maintainer: The documentation footer credits Ofek Lev.
Testing: Its test command uses pytest with selected plugins and coverage.py by default.
Price from: Free

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hatch.pypa.io/latest/· checked 3 Oct 2026
hatch.pypa.io/latest/intro/· checked 3 Oct 2026
hatch.pypa.io/latest/how-to/integrate/vscode/· checked 3 Oct 2026
hatch.pypa.io/latest/plugins/about/· checked 3 Oct 2026
hatch.pypa.io/latest/install/· checked 3 Oct 2026
hatch.pypa.io/latest/how-to/meta/report-issues/· checked 3 Oct 2026
hatch.pypa.io/latest/tutorials/testing/overview/· checked 4 Oct 2026