uv 0.4.8

on Python PyPI

Release Notes

Enhancements

• Add support for dynamic cache keys (#7136)
• Allow .dist-info names with dashes for post releases (#7208)
• Use type hints in code from uv init (#7225)
• Treat .tgz the same as .tar.gz (#7201)
• Direct users towards uv venv to create a virtual environment (#7188)
• Improve error message for uv init already init-ed (#7198)

Performance

• Avoid batch prefetching for un-optimized registries (#7226)
• Avoid iteration for singleton selections (#7195)

Bug fixes

• Avoid extra newlines in debug logging for source builds (#7174)
• Prune unreachable packages from --universal output (#7209)
• Respect exclusion when collecting workspace members (#7175)
• Use path file instead of sitecustomize.py (#7161)
• Replace incorrect --source and --binary flags with correct --sdist and --wheel flags in uv build (#7156)

Documentation

• Document support for UV_INSTALL_DIR (#7107)
• List all supported sdist formats (#7168)

Install uv 0.4.8

Install prebuilt binaries via shell script

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/download/0.4.8/uv-installer.sh | sh

Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/download/0.4.8/uv-installer.ps1 | iex"

Download uv 0.4.8