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Environment variables

uv respects the following environment variables:

  • UV_DEFAULT_INDEX: Equivalent to the --default-index command-line argument. If set, uv will use this URL as the default index when searching for packages.
  • UV_INDEX: Equivalent to the --index command-line argument. If set, uv will use this space-separated list of URLs as additional indexes when searching for packages.
  • UV_INDEX_URL: Equivalent to the --index-url command-line argument. If set, uv will use this URL as the default index when searching for packages. (Deprecated: use UV_DEFAULT_INDEX instead.)
  • UV_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: Equivalent to the --extra-index-url command-line argument. If set, uv will use this space-separated list of URLs as additional indexes when searching for packages. (Deprecated: use UV_INDEX instead.)
  • UV_FIND_LINKS: Equivalent to the --find-links command-line argument. If set, uv will use this comma-separated list of additional locations to search for packages.
  • UV_CACHE_DIR: Equivalent to the --cache-dir command-line argument. If set, uv will use this directory for caching instead of the default cache directory.
  • UV_NO_CACHE: Equivalent to the --no-cache command-line argument. If set, uv will not use the cache for any operations.
  • UV_RESOLUTION: Equivalent to the --resolution command-line argument. For example, if set to lowest-direct, uv will install the lowest compatible versions of all direct dependencies.
  • UV_PRERELEASE: Equivalent to the --prerelease command-line argument. For example, if set to allow, uv will allow pre-release versions for all dependencies.
  • UV_SYSTEM_PYTHON: Equivalent to the --system command-line argument. If set to true, uv will use the first Python interpreter found in the system PATH. WARNING: UV_SYSTEM_PYTHON=true is intended for use in continuous integration (CI) or containerized environments and should be used with caution, as modifying the system Python can lead to unexpected behavior.
  • UV_PYTHON: Equivalent to the --python command-line argument. If set to a path, uv will use this Python interpreter for all operations.
  • UV_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES: Equivalent to the --break-system-packages command-line argument. If set to true, uv will allow the installation of packages that conflict with system-installed packages. WARNING: UV_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=true is intended for use in continuous integration (CI) or containerized environments and should be used with caution, as modifying the system Python can lead to unexpected behavior.
  • UV_NATIVE_TLS: Equivalent to the --native-tls command-line argument. If set to true, uv will use the system's trust store instead of the bundled webpki-roots crate.
  • UV_INDEX_STRATEGY: Equivalent to the --index-strategy command-line argument. For example, if set to unsafe-any-match, uv will consider versions of a given package available across all index URLs, rather than limiting its search to the first index URL that contains the package.
  • UV_REQUIRE_HASHES: Equivalent to the --require-hashes command-line argument. If set to true, uv will require that all dependencies have a hash specified in the requirements file.
  • UV_CONSTRAINT: Equivalent to the --constraint command-line argument. If set, uv will use this file as the constraints file. Uses space-separated list of files.
  • UV_BUILD_CONSTRAINT: Equivalent to the --build-constraint command-line argument. If set, uv will use this file as constraints for any source distribution builds. Uses space-separated list of files.
  • UV_OVERRIDE: Equivalent to the --override command-line argument. If set, uv will use this file as the overrides file. Uses space-separated list of files.
  • UV_LINK_MODE: Equivalent to the --link-mode command-line argument. If set, uv will use this as a link mode.
  • UV_NO_BUILD_ISOLATION: Equivalent to the --no-build-isolation command-line argument. If set, uv will skip isolation when building source distributions.
  • UV_CUSTOM_COMPILE_COMMAND: Equivalent to the --custom-compile-command command-line argument. Used to override uv in the output header of the requirements.txt files generated by uv pip compile. Intended for use-cases in which uv pip compile is called from within a wrapper script, to include the name of the wrapper script in the output file.
  • UV_KEYRING_PROVIDER: Equivalent to the --keyring-provider command-line argument. If set, uv will use this value as the keyring provider.
  • UV_CONFIG_FILE: Equivalent to the --config-file command-line argument. Expects a path to a local uv.toml file to use as the configuration file.
  • UV_NO_CONFIG: Equivalent to the --no-config command-line argument. If set, uv will not read any configuration files from the current directory, parent directories, or user configuration directories.
  • UV_EXCLUDE_NEWER: Equivalent to the --exclude-newer command-line argument. If set, uv will exclude distributions published after the specified date.
  • UV_PYTHON_PREFERENCE: Equivalent to the --python-preference command-line argument. Whether uv should prefer system or managed Python versions.
  • UV_PYTHON_DOWNLOADS: Equivalent to the python-downloads setting and, when disabled, the --no-python-downloads option. Whether uv should allow Python downloads.
  • UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE: Equivalent to the --compile-bytecode command-line argument. If set, uv will compile Python source files to bytecode after installation.
  • UV_PUBLISH_URL: Equivalent to the --publish-url command-line argument. The URL of the upload endpoint of the index to use with uv publish.
  • UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN: Equivalent to the --token command-line argument in uv publish. If set, uv will use this token (with the username __token__) for publishing.
  • UV_PUBLISH_USERNAME: Equivalent to the --username command-line argument in uv publish. If set, uv will use this username for publishing.
  • UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD: Equivalent to the --password command-line argument in uv publish. If set, uv will use this password for publishing.
  • UV_PUBLISH_CHECK_URL: Don't upload a file if it already exists on the index. The value is the URL of the index.
  • UV_NO_SYNC: Equivalent to the --no-sync command-line argument. If set, uv will skip updating the environment.
  • UV_LOCKED: Equivalent to the --locked command-line argument. If set, uv will assert that the uv.lock remains unchanged.
  • UV_FROZEN: Equivalent to the --frozen command-line argument. If set, uv will run without updating the uv.lock file.
  • UV_PREVIEW: Equivalent to the --preview argument. Enables preview mode.
  • UV_GITHUB_TOKEN: Equivalent to the --token argument for self update. A GitHub token for authentication.
  • UV_VERIFY_HASHES: Equivalent to the --verify-hashes argument. Verifies included hashes.
  • UV_INSECURE_HOST: Equivalent to the --allow-insecure-host argument.
  • UV_CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS: Sets the maximum number of in-flight concurrent downloads that uv will perform at any given time.
  • UV_CONCURRENT_BUILDS: Sets the maximum number of source distributions that uv will build concurrently at any given time.
  • UV_CONCURRENT_INSTALLS: Controls the number of threads used when installing and unzipping packages.
  • UV_NO_PROGRESS: Disables all progress output. For example, spinners and progress bars.
  • UV_TOOL_DIR: Specifies the directory where uv stores managed tools.
  • UV_TOOL_BIN_DIR: Specifies the "bin" directory for installing tool executables.
  • UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT: Specifies the path to the directory to use for a project virtual environment. See the project documentation for more details.
  • UV_PYTHON_BIN_DIR: Specifies the directory to place links to installed, managed Python executables.
  • UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR: Specifies the directory for storing managed Python installations.
  • UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_MIRROR: Managed Python installations are downloaded from python-build-standalone. This variable can be set to a mirror URL to use a different source for Python installations. The provided URL will replace https://github.com/indygreg/python-build-standalone/releases/download in, e.g., https://github.com/indygreg/python-build-standalone/releases/download/20240713/cpython-3.12.4%2B20240713-aarch64-apple-darwin-install_only.tar.gz. Distributions can be read from a local directory by using the file:// URL scheme.
  • UV_PYPY_INSTALL_MIRROR: Managed PyPy installations are downloaded from python.org. This variable can be set to a mirror URL to use a different source for PyPy installations. The provided URL will replace https://downloads.python.org/pypy in, e.g., https://downloads.python.org/pypy/pypy3.8-v7.3.7-osx64.tar.bz2. Distributions can be read from a local directory by using the file:// URL scheme.
  • UV_NO_WRAP: Use to disable line wrapping for diagnostics.
  • UV_STACK_SIZE: Use to control the stack size used by uv. Typically more relevant for Windows in debug mode.
  • UV_INDEX_{name}_USERNAME: Generates the environment variable key for the HTTP Basic authentication username.
  • UV_INDEX_{name}_PASSWORD: Generates the environment variable key for the HTTP Basic authentication password.
  • XDG_CONFIG_DIRS: Path to system-level configuration directory on Unix systems.
  • SYSTEMDRIVE: Path to system-level configuration directory on Windows systems.
  • XDG_CONFIG_HOME: Path to user-level configuration directory on Unix systems.
  • XDG_CACHE_HOME: Path to cache directory on Unix systems.
  • XDG_DATA_HOME: Path to directory for storing managed Python installations and tools.
  • XDG_BIN_HOME: Path to directory where executables are installed.
  • SSL_CERT_FILE: Custom certificate bundle file path for SSL connections.
  • SSL_CLIENT_CERT: If set, uv will use this file for mTLS authentication. This should be a single file containing both the certificate and the private key in PEM format.
  • HTTP_PROXY: Proxy for HTTP requests.
  • HTTPS_PROXY: Proxy for HTTPS requests.
  • ALL_PROXY: General proxy for all network requests.
  • UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT: Timeout (in seconds) for HTTP requests. (default: 30 s)
  • UV_REQUEST_TIMEOUT: Timeout (in seconds) for HTTP requests. Equivalent to UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT.
  • HTTP_TIMEOUT: Timeout (in seconds) for HTTP requests. Equivalent to UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT.
  • PYC_INVALIDATION_MODE: The validation modes to use when run with --compile. See PycInvalidationMode.
  • VIRTUAL_ENV: Used to detect an activated virtual environment.
  • CONDA_PREFIX: Used to detect an activated Conda environment.
  • CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV: Used to determine if an active Conda environment is the base environment or not.
  • VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT: If set to 1 before a virtual environment is activated, then the virtual environment name will not be prepended to the terminal prompt.
  • PROMPT: Used to detect the use of the Windows Command Prompt (as opposed to PowerShell).
  • NU_VERSION: Used to detect NuShell usage.
  • FISH_VERSION: Used to detect Fish shell usage.
  • BASH_VERSION: Used to detect Bash shell usage.
  • ZSH_VERSION: Used to detect Zsh shell usage.
  • ZDOTDIR: Used to determine which .zshenv to use when Zsh is being used.
  • KSH_VERSION: Used to detect Ksh shell usage.
  • MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: Used with --python-platform macos and related variants to set the deployment target (i.e., the minimum supported macOS version). Defaults to 12.0, the least-recent non-EOL macOS version at time of writing.
  • NO_COLOR: Disables colored output (takes precedence over FORCE_COLOR). See no-color.org.
  • FORCE_COLOR: Forces colored output regardless of terminal support. See force-color.org.
  • CLICOLOR_FORCE: Use to control color via anstyle.
  • PATH: The standard PATH env var.
  • HOME: The standard HOME env var.
  • SHELL: The standard SHELL posix env var.
  • PWD: The standard PWD posix env var.
  • LOCALAPPDATA: Used to look for Microsoft Store Pythons installations.
  • GITHUB_ACTIONS: Used for trusted publishing via uv publish.
  • ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_URL: Used for trusted publishing via uv publish. Contains the oidc token url.
  • ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_TOKEN: Used for trusted publishing via uv publish. Contains the oidc request token.
  • PYTHONPATH: Adds directories to Python module search path (e.g., PYTHONPATH=/path/to/modules).
  • NETRC: Use to set the .netrc file location.
  • PAGER: The standard PAGER posix env var. Used by uv to configure the appropriate pager.
  • JPY_SESSION_NAME: Used to detect when running inside a Jupyter notebook.
  • TRACING_DURATIONS_FILE: Use to create the tracing durations file via the tracing-durations-export feature.
  • RUST_LOG: If set, uv will use this value as the log level for its --verbose output. Accepts any filter compatible with the tracing_subscriber crate. For example:
    • RUST_LOG=uv=debug is the equivalent of adding --verbose to the command line
    • RUST_LOG=trace will enable trace-level logging. See the tracing documentation for more.
  • UV_ENV_FILE: .env files from which to load environment variables when executing uv run commands.
  • UV_NO_ENV_FILE: Ignore .env files when executing uv run commands.
  • UV_INSTALLER_GITHUB_BASE_URL: The URL from which to download uv using the standalone installer and self update feature, in lieu of the default GitHub URL.
  • UV_INSTALLER_GHE_BASE_URL: The URL from which to download uv using the standalone installer and self update feature, in lieu of the default GitHub Enterprise URL.
  • UV_INSTALL_DIR: The directory in which to install uv using the standalone installer and self update feature. Defaults to ~/.local/bin.
  • UV_UNMANAGED_INSTALL: Used ephemeral environments like CI to install uv to a specific path while preventing the installer from modifying shell profiles or environment variables.
  • INSTALLER_NO_MODIFY_PATH: Avoid modifying the PATH environment variable when installing uv using the standalone installer and self update feature.