pip-is-uv

Stub package that replaces pip with uv pip inside a virtual environment. All invocation paths are intercepted:

• pip / pip3 scripts
• python -m pip
• import pip; pip.main(...) (legacy API)

Requirements

uv must be installed and available on PATH, or present in the same bin/ directory as the Python interpreter (e.g., uv installed into the venv alongside this package).

How it works

pip-is-uv installs a pip Python package that shadows the real pip. When any pip entry point is invoked, it locates the uv binary and calls uv pip with all arguments passed through unchanged, replacing the current process (execvp on Unix, subprocess on Windows).

Limitations

• Commands not supported by uv pip (e.g., pip wheel, pip hash) will fail with an error from uv.
• uv must be installed separately; this package does not depend on it.