pretty-freeze

Pip freeze that shows detailed descriptions of the packages.

Example

This tool will transform your regular pip freeze from:

dj-database-url==0.3.0
dj-static==0.0.6
Django==1.6.11
static3==0.6.1
wheel==0.24.0

into:

# dj-database-url
# License: BSD
# Homepage: https://github.com/kennethreitz/dj-database-url
# Author: Kenneth Reitz
dj-database-url==0.3.0

# dj-static
# License: BSD
# Homepage: https://github.com/kennethreitz/dj-static
# Author: Kenneth Reitz
dj-static==0.0.6

# Django
# License: BSD
# Homepage: http://www.djangoproject.com/
# Author: Django Software Foundation
Django==1.6.11

# static3
# License: LGPL
# Homepage: https://github.com/rmohr/static3
# Author: Roman Mohr
static3==0.6.1

# wheel
# License: MIT
# Homepage: http://bitbucket.org/pypa/wheel/
# Author: Daniel Holth
wheel==0.24.0

Usage

You can run the program with:

$ pretty-freeze

This package won't show itself in the freeze, so no unnecessary requirements will be added. You can use it with a requirements.txt file just as you would use pip freeze.

Install

$ pip install pretty-freeze

Legal

This application is licensed under the MIT License.