A fast drop-in alternative to conda, using libsolv for dependency resolution
mamba
is a reimplementation of the conda package manager in C++.
mamba
are implemented in C++ for maximum efficiencyAt the same time, mamba
utilizes the same command line parser, package installation and deinstallation code and transaction verification routines as conda
to stay as compatible as possible.
Mamba is part of a bigger ecosystem to make scientific packaging more sustainable. You can read our announcement blog post.
The ecosystem also consists of quetz
, an open source conda
package server and boa
, a fast conda
package builder.
Please refer to the mamba
and micromamba
installation guide in the documentation.
mamba
and micromamba
come with features on top of stock conda
.
To efficiently query repositories and query package dependencies you can use mamba repoquery
or micromamba repoquery
.
See the repoquery documentation for details.
micromamba
can be used to install lock files generated by conda-lock without having to install conda-lock
. Simply invoke e.g. micromamba create -n my-env -f conda-lock.yml
with an environment lockfile named *-lock.yml
or *-lock.yaml
.