0.53.0 - 2025-08-19

Release Notes

✨ Highlights

• Big cleanup of the CLI flags, mainly --frozen, --locked, and --no-install.
• Added --as-is to pixi run/shell to run the command without installing the dependencies or touching the lockfile.
• Support the Bash shell on Windows using pixi shell.
• Pixi build can now support package.build.source.path = "some/path" to use a different source root for the build.

⚠️ Breaking Change

We've removed --no-lockfile-update and replaced it with --no-install --frozen.
On pixi run/shell you can use --as-is to run the command without installing the dependencies or touching the lockfile.

Added

• Add --as-is as a shorthand for --no-install --frozen by @tdejager in #4357
• Add profiling profile by @ruben-arts in #4376

Changed

• Infer package name for source package with pixi global install by @Hofer-Julian in #4340
• Add pixi --list to view all the commands (pixi-extensions + built-in commands) by @mrswastik-robot in #4307
• Use log level info for build backends by @pavelzw in #4354
• Use pixi build with non-prefix channels, through fixing run-exports fetching by @remimimimimi in #4179
• Alternative source root for build by @remimimimimi in #4240
• Add --build-platform to pixi build by @baszalmstra in #4298
• Support Bash on Windows using 'pixi shell' by @mwiebe in #3981
• Move build.channels to build.backend.channels by @nichmor in #4361
• Return error on build dispatch panic by @tdejager in #4382

Documentation

• Add document for proxy-config table by @gzm55 in #4367

Fixed

• Cargo-machete action 0.9.1 by @bnjbvr in #4368
• Preserve comments when inserting dependency to manifest by @baszalmstra in #4370
• Now cache miss when a pypi no-binary, no-build was found by @tdejager in #4362
• Resolve shell quoting issue with pixi run commands by @chrisburr in #4352
• Allow dots in global environment names by @baszalmstra in #4374
• Improve infer_package_name_from_spec by @Hofer-Julian in #4378
• Replace build.configuration with build.config by @ruben-arts in #4380
• Pass run-dependencies and run-exports to packages by @baszalmstra in #4373

Refactor

• Remove manual conflicts check for --frozen & --locked by @tdejager in #4359

New Contributors

• @chrisburr made their first contribution in #4352
• @bnjbvr made their first contribution in #4368

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