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What linking means when installing a Conda package
Package managers face a fundamental challenge: how to efficiently place files from a package cache into multiple environments without excessive disk usage or compromising isolation.
Wolf Vollprecht
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Virtual Packages in the Conda ecosystem
Virtual packages are a neat trick to inject system requirements into the SAT solver and resolve for compatible packages automatically. In this blog post we talk about how they are used in the Conda ecosystem to support complex cross-platform package distributions.
Wolf Vollprecht
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What is a Conda package, actually?
At its core, a conda package really is just a "glorified" tarball—a compressed archive of files with some metadata attached.
Wolf Vollprecht
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S3 support in Pixi and rattler-build
We're excited to announce S3 support across our entire toolchain – rattler, pixi, and rattler-build now support the most common cloud storage standard, thanks to contributions from our friends at QuantCo. This vendor-agnostic approach to distributing Conda packages represents a major step forward for the ecosystem, offering teams the flexibility to host packages on any S3-compatible provider (AWS, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Hetzner, and more) with built-in authentication and minimal vendor lock-in.
Wolf Vollprecht
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Less Boilerplate, More Logic: Parameterising Pixi Tasks
Introducing powerful extensions to the existing task system
Parsa Bahrami
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Enhancing the Conda Ecosystem in 2025
We are working on some exciting Conda Enhancement Proposals (CEP) in 2025. Read more about them here.
Wolf Vollprecht
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Trusted publishing to conda channels
Never forget your API keys again—with trusted publishing to prefix's channels
Wolf Vollprecht
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Pixi Global: Declarative Tool Installation
Think Homebrew, but cross-platform and easy to share with collaborators
Julian Hofer
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Building CPU optimized packages for conda-forge
Did you know your packages could be even faster by enabling optimized CPU instructions? Learn how to build optimized packages for conda-forge.
Bas Zalmstra
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rattler-build in conda-forge
rattler-build — the revolutionary build tool for the conda ecosystem (almost) available in conda-forge
Wolf Vollprecht
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Towards a Vendor-Lock-In-Free conda Experience
Why conda-forge is expected to remain free and open-source in the foreseeable future
Tim de Jager
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