Comparison

conda vs Poetry

No clear leader: Poetry (58.9) and conda (54.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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conda54
Poetry59
Score
vioscaleAI score
conda54 / 100high · 79%
Poetry59 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
conda✓
Poetry✓
Model
Price level
condafree
Poetryfree
Transparent
conda✓
Poetry✓
Integrations
Count
conda1
Poetry1
Reliability
Status page
conda–
Poetry✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
conda6,665
Poetry1,968
Github stars
conda7,533
Poetry34,312
Package downloads weekly
conda1,252
Activity
Commits last 30d
conda95
Poetry28
Release
Cadence days
conda17
Poetry14
History
Poetry20 items
License
Spdx
condaBSD
PoetryMIT
Language
Primary
condaPython
PoetryPython
Content
Faq
conda4 items
Poetry5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for package registries. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Role
condaPackage manager client
PoetryPackage manager client
Ecosystem
Ecosystem / language
condaPolyglot
PoetryPython
Deployment
Deployment
condaCLI-local
PoetryCLI-local
Formats
Package formats supported
condaMany formats
PoetryMany formats
Hosting
Private / scoped packages
conda-
Poetry✓
Upstream proxy / caching
conda-
Poetry-
Resolution
Lockfile / deterministic installs
conda✓
Poetry✓
Workspaces / monorepo
conda-
Poetry-
Content-addressable store
conda✓
Poetry-
Supply chain
Supply-chain integrity
conda✓
Poetry-
Vulnerability / licence scanning
conda-
Poetry-
Licensing
Openness
condaOpen-source
PoetryOpen-source
Pricing
Pricing model
condaFree / OSS
PoetryFree / OSS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

conda

An open-source tool and ecosystem for managing software packages and libraries across different programming languages and computer platforms

Independently observed

Poetry

A tool for declaring, managing, and installing Python dependencies while supporting both package development and distribution through source distributions and wheels.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

conda

Open source
as of verify ↗

Poetry

Free
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
conda✓
Poetry✗
Windows
conda✓
Poetry✗
Linux
conda✓
Poetry✗
CLI
conda✓
Poetry✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
conda–
Poetry✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • PyPI

conda

1 total - 0 not shared
  • PyPI
Independently observed

Poetry

1 total - 0 not shared
  • PyPI
Independently observed
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conda or Poetry: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.