venvstudio 1.3.21

Lightweight Python Virtual Environment Manager with modern GUI

VenvStudio

Lightweight Python Virtual Environment Manager
A modern, cross-platform virtual environment manager

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📦 Install

pip install venvstudio

Or download the standalone binary from GitHub Releases:

Platform	File
Windows	VenvStudio.exe
Linux	VenvStudio-x86_64.AppImage
macOS	VenvStudio-macOS
PyPI	pip install venvstudio

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✨ Features

• Create & manage Python virtual environments with a modern GUI
• Package management — install, uninstall, update packages via pip or uv
• 200+ package catalog with categories (Data Science, Web, ML, NLP, DevOps...)
• Quick presets — Data Science Starter, Web API, Django, Flask, ML, NLP, Testing...
• Launch apps — JupyterLab, Orange Data Mining, Spyder, IPython, Streamlit with one click
• Desktop shortcuts — create .lnk shortcuts with app-specific icons
• Export — requirements.txt, Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml, pyproject.toml, Conda environment.yml
• Python downloader — download standalone Python builds (astral-sh/python-build-standalone)
• PATH management — set User/System default Python with admin elevation
• Auto-update — check PyPI for new versions on startup
• Cross-platform — Windows, macOS, Linux
• Dark theme — modern Catppuccin-based UI
• Multilingual — English & Turkish

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🚀 Quick Start

From PyPI

pip install venvstudio
venvstudio

From Source

git clone https://github.com/bayramkotan/VenvStudio.git
cd VenvStudio
pip install PySide6
python main.py

CLI

venvstudio          # Launch GUI
venvstudio -V       # Show version
venvstudio -h       # Help

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📤 Export Formats

Export your environment in multiple formats from the Export ▾ dropdown:

Format	File(s)	Use Case
📄 requirements.txt	requirements.txt	Standard pip
🐳 Dockerfile	Dockerfile + requirements.txt	Docker container
🐳 docker-compose.yml	3 files	Docker Compose
📦 pyproject.toml	pyproject.toml	Modern Python packaging
🐍 environment.yml	environment.yml	Conda compatibility
📋 Clipboard	—	Quick copy-paste

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⬇️ Python Downloader

Download standalone Python builds from astral-sh/python-build-standalone (same builds used by uv):

• User Install — no admin required, stored in VenvStudio config
• System Install — Windows (C:\Program Files), Linux (/opt/python), macOS (/usr/local/python)

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🐍 PATH Management

Manage which Python is the default on your system:

• Set User Default — adds to User PATH, removes conflicting entries
• Set System Default — adds to System PATH with admin elevation
• Both modes clean conflicting Python entries from both User and System PATH

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🔧 Settings

• Theme: Dark (Catppuccin), Light
• Language: English, Turkish
• Default package manager: pip or uv
• Custom venv base directory (default: C:\venv on Windows, ~/venv on Linux/macOS)
• Python version management
• Check for updates on startup
• Export/Import settings

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🏗️ Build from Source

pip install pyinstaller PySide6 Pillow
python build.py

This creates platform-specific binaries in the dist/ folder.

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📝 License

LGPL-3.0

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🔗 Links

• GitHub Repository
• PyPI Package
• Releases
• Issues
• Screenshots