v0.78.0

[0.78.0] - 2026-08-28

✨ Highlights

• You can now use the CLI to add path dependencies with the following command:

  pixi add --path ~/dev/pixi pixi
  pixi add --path ~/dev/vinca vinca --pypi
  pixi add --path ~/dev/ros_ws/src/common/package.xml ros-jazzy-common

• Pixi now can also share the configuration with rattler-based tools like rattler-build and rattler-index.
• The PEP 723 script support has been improved with better caching and resolution of scripts.

Added

• Write manifest platform names instead of pN aliases by @ruben-arts in #6885
• Rework the terminal output by @Hofer-Julian in #6869
• Read the shared config layer of rattler-based tools by @Hofer-Julian in #6776
• Cache and update script resolutions by @manzt in #6893
• Honor the shared index-config when indexing a channel by @Hofer-Julian in #6896
• Add --path to the pixi add command by @ruben-arts in #6904

Changed

• Solve scripts against the host's virtual packages by @Hofer-Julian in #6865
• Replace the distro index fetch with a static mapping by @Hofer-Julian in #6881
• Drop unused InstallChange helpers by @Hofer-Julian in #6897
• Pin the ROS fixture's macOS compiler to unbreak CI by @baszalmstra in #6906

Fixed

• Group legacy purl fallback traces by @baszalmstra in #6886
• Solve lockless scripts in pixi workspace platform by @Hofer-Julian in #6882
• Show progress for pixi add and other commands that solve by @Hofer-Julian in #6892