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Poetry
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- Builds
- Poetry can build projects for distribution and supports source distributions and wheels.python-poetry.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Certificate support
- Poetry supports custom certificate authorities and certificate-based client authentication for repositories.python-poetry.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- CI use
- For CI, the documentation recommends controlling the Poetry version and says using a locally accessible copy of the installer script can help maintain pipeline stability and control executed code.python-poetry.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Credential storage
- When a supported system keyring is available, Poetry stores and retrieves repository passwords through the keyring; otherwise it falls back to an auth.toml file.python-poetry.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Dependency management
- It installs and updates declared project libraries and provides a lockfile for repeatable installs.python-poetry.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Dependency resolution
- Yespython-poetry.org · read 22 Sep 2026
- Dependency sources
- Poetry uses PyPI by default and supports private repositories for finding packages and publishing projects.python-poetry.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Environment isolation
- Poetry manages project environments that are isolated from the global Python installation.python-poetry.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Poetry supports plugins that can add or change functionality.python-poetry.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Installation methods
- The documentation describes installation with pipx, the official installer, or manual installation.python-poetry.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Installation options
- The documentation describes installation with pipx, the official installer, or manual installation with pip and venv.python-poetry.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Known limitation
- The documentation says dependency resolution can take time for some dependency sets when package metadata is unavailable through the PyPI JSON API.python-poetry.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Lockfile support
- Yespython-poetry.org · read 22 Sep 2026
- Package formats
- source distributions,wheelspython-poetry.org · read 22 Sep 2026
- Package sources
- Poetry uses PyPI by default and supports private repositories for package discovery and publishing.python-poetry.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Private registry auth
- Yespython-poetry.org · read 22 Sep 2026
- Publishing
- Poetry can publish projects to PyPI and private repositories.python-poetry.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Publishing API
- The documentation states that Poetry supports the Legacy Upload API for publishing projects.python-poetry.org · read 2 Oct 2026
