pipx Backend experimental

You may install python packages directly from:

The code for this is inside of the mise repository at ./src/forge/pipx.rs.

Dependencies

This relies on having pipx installed. You can install it with or without mise. Here is how to install pipx with mise:

mise use -g python
pip install --user pipx

Other installation instructions can be found here

The following installs the latest version of black and sets it as the active version on PATH:

$ mise use -g pipx:psf/black
$ black --version
black, 24.3.0

The version will be set in ~/.config/mise/config.toml with the following format:

toml

[tools]
"pipx:psf/black" = "latest"

Description	Usage
PyPI shorthand latest version	`pipx:black`
PyPI shorthand for specific version	`pipx:[email protected]`
Github shorthand for latest version	`pipx:psf/black`
Github shorthand for specific version	`pipx:psf/[email protected]`
Git syntax for latest version	`pipx:git+https://github.com/psf/black`
Git syntax for a branch	`pipx:git+https://github.com/psf/black.git@main`
Https with zipfile	`pipx:https://github.com/psf/black/archive/18.9b0.zip`

Other syntax may work but is unsupported and untested.