Suggestion: uv as native dependency manager for reproducible installs

[ayoubelouardi]

Description:
Currently, installation instructions rely on global pip install -r requirements.txt. This approach can lead to environment inconsistencies across machines and CI/CD pipelines. I propose integrating uv natively into the project to improve reproducibility, speed, and isolation.

Proposed Changes:

• Add uv to requirements.txt or migrate to a pyproject.toml for full uv support.
• Update installation instructions in README.md:

  uv pip install -r requirements.txt
  uv run python app.py

[Nurb4000]

i use a virtual environments, which is standard practice for using python these days.

[ayoubelouardi]

That’s very good too, I used Python’s venv for a long time myself. I ended up switching to uv because it makes things a bit smoother: installs are much faster, it handles creating and managing environments automatically, and it gives you reproducible installs with lockfiles. Basically, it takes away some of the manual steps you’d normally do with venv and pip.

I totally get sticking with venv. Makes sense, that will be all.

[Nurb4000]

Normally i use pipenv, but same concept. Conda, venv, pipenv, whatever, all end up isolating it all to keep the "mess" down..

I have not looked much at UV, but it sounded like it might lock you into one 'kind' of virtual environment. Less flexible, so i didn't look too much myself.

But, not saying it should not be looked into, whatever works best for everyone is the best route.