The goal of this page is to list alternatives to the [:CheeseShopDev:reference implementation], since it's quite hard to find them in any index (most hits will be about packages available in the package index, not about it).

Full implementations

Applications that implement the [http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#package-index-api Package Index API]:

• [:CheeseShopDev:PyPI] - The reference implementation, powering the main index.

• [http://chrisarndt.de/projects/eggbasket/ EggBasket] - A simple, lightweight Python Package Index (aka Cheeseshop) clone.

• [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/haufe.eggserver haufe.eggserver] - Grok-based local repository with upload and no security model.

• [http://tarekziade.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/how-to-run-your-own-private-pypi-cheeseshop-server/ Plone Software Center]

Tools / Extensions

• [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/iw.dist/ iw.dist] - Extension that implements the ["EnhancedPyPI"] changes to .pypirc.

Things that would be nice

• A local PyPI repository that also allows to proxy / cache external repositories
  • needed in enterprise environments
  • mix and match proprietary and public packages
  • no need for an always-up internet connection (just mostly-up)
  • auditable, repeatable releases (you have a local copy of any package you ever put into production)
  • compare to usual Maven proxies from Java land -- they have these features
  • unlike ["EnhancedPyPI"], puts multi-repo support into the index and thus works with any compliant software w/o change