Hatch vs UV

[kjy5]

This question gets uncomfortably close to just being a platform war but I'm confused about the difference and purpose between Hatch and UV.

At first, I thought UV was a drop-in replacement for pip's virtual environment and package management, but now it looks like it can build and publish as well? That's what I thought Hatch's purpose was (to be one tool to manage environments, packages, build, and publish). Is UV just another shiny tool or does it serve a separate purpose than Hatch? I know Hatch can use UV to in place of pip, but I'm curious about the other features.

Thanks!

[jesshart]

@kjy5 it is a confusing topic because UV used to be a package manager but has shifted to be more broadly about project management as well. I made a video about the argument that "uv is faster than hatch" here if you want to take a look: https://youtu.be/AlScEy7k7uo?si=ITATI0zkD1PlKUqN

[kjy5]

This was a fantastic video! I agree that Hatch is a more built-out project management tool but the speeds of uv are desirable. I think I'll just use uv as a pip replacement and keep using Hatch for the other stuff.

[jesshart]

This has been my pattern. I love hatch for project management and uv as my package installer. The best of both worlds!