conda
A community supporting a language-agnostic, multi-platform package management ecosystem for projects of any size and complexity.
- Also known as
- conda
What is conda?
An open-source packaging ecosystem that allows you to manage applications and libraries written in any language, supporting all major platforms and architectures including macOS, Windows, Linux, and various CPU architectures.
conda pricing
We don't have conda's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free, open-source community project
What conda does
The capabilities that matter for package registries, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Role
- Public registry
- Ecosystem / language
- Polyglot
- Deployment
- CLI-local
- Package formats supported
- -
- Private / scoped packages
- -
- Upstream proxy / caching
- -
- Lockfile / deterministic installs
- -
- Workspaces / monorepo
- -
- Content-addressable store
- -
- Supply-chain integrity
- ✓
- Vulnerability / licence scanning
- -
- Openness
- Open-source
- Pricing model
- Free / OSS
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
conda alternatives
Other package registries we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- BunA fast all-in-one JavaScript runtimelow · 19%
- uvAn extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.low · 40%
- pnpmFast, disk space efficient package managerlow · 28%
- pipThe package installer for Pythonlow · 26%
- HomebrewThe Package Manager for Everywherelow · 18%
- PoetryPython dependency management and packaging made easylow · 32%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for conda, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release Cadence | 94 | 10.00 | 938.9 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 56 | 16.00 | 895.7 | ✓ |
| Package Downloads | 40 | 22.00 | 889.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 14.00 | 404.7 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 73 | 4.00 | 292.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 26.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 59 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"role":"public_registry","ecosystem":"polyglot","deployment":"cli_local","open_source":"oss","pricing_model":"free","supply_chain_integrity":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 98% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | BSD | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 11 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 70% |