pipreqs - Generate requirements.txt file for any project based on imports |
pip install pipreqs
Usage:
pipreqs [options] <path>
Options:
--use-local Use ONLY local package information instead of querying PyPI
--debug Print debug information
--savepath <file> Save the list of requirements in the given file
--force Overwrite existing requirements.txt
$ pipreqs /home/project/location
Successfully saved requirements file in /home/project/location/requirements.txt
Contents of requirements.txt
wheel==0.23.0
Yarg==0.1.9
docopt==0.6.2
pip freeze
only saves the packages that are installed withpip install
in your environment.- pip freeze saves all packages in the environment including those that you don't use in your current project. (if you don't have virtualenv)
- and sometimes you just need to create requirements.txt for a new project without installing modules.