UV Installation

UV is a modern, fast Python package manager written in Rust.

Install UV

# Windows (using pip)
pip install uv

# Windows (using winget)
winget install --id=astral-sh.uv -e

# macOS/Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Create Project with UV

# Create a new project
uv init my_wood_project
cd my_wood_project

# Add compas_wood as dependency
uv add compas_wood

# Run your script
uv run python your_script.py

Virtual Environment with UV

# Create virtual environment
uv venv

# Activate (Windows)
.venv\Scripts\activate

# Activate (macOS/Linux)
source .venv/bin/activate

# Install compas_wood
uv pip install compas_wood

Development Setup with UV

git clone https://github.com/petrasvestartas/compas_wood.git
cd compas_wood
uv venv
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"

Tip

UV is significantly faster than pip and conda for package resolution and installation.