A general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder and interactive terminal toolkit.

uv
astral-sh/uv
A fast Python package and project manager written in Rust.
- Active
- Apache-2.0
- Rust

In short
uv is a GitHub project in the CLI tools category, written mainly in Rust. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence (permissive). Maintenance status: active, last commit 10 Nov 2026. It has 91,854 GitHub stars.
What it does
Maintenance
Active Commits in the last 30 days. Last commit: 10 Nov 2026 · Latest release: v0.13.7 · 3 Nov 2026. How we score this
Licence in plain words
Use, modify and sell it, including in closed-source products. Keep notices, state your changes, and you get an explicit patent grant.
A summary, not legal advice. Read the project's LICENSE file before relying on it. SPDX ↗
uv compared with alternatives
| Project | Stars | Licence | Status | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uv (this page) | 91.9k | Apache-2.0 | Active | 10 Nov 2026 |
| fzf | 84.1k | MIT | Active | 7 Nov 2026 |
| lazygit | 83.8k | MIT | Active | 10 Nov 2026 |
| ripgrep | 70k | Unlicense | Active | 9 Nov 2026 |
| bat | 61.3k | Apache-2.0 | Active | 10 Nov 2026 |
Same category, sorted by GitHub stars. Numbers checked 10 Nov 2026.
Questions
Is uv free and open source?
Yes. uv is published on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 licence (permissive). Use, modify and sell it, including in closed-source products. Keep notices, state your changes, and you get an explicit patent grant.
Is uv still maintained?
Active: the last commit was on 10 Nov 2026 and the latest release, v0.13.7, came out on 3 Nov 2026. Repoworthy rechecks this daily.
What is uv written in?
uv is mainly written in Rust.
How popular is uv?
As of 10 Nov 2026, uv has 91,854 GitHub stars, 3,788 forks and 467 contributors.
What are some alternatives to uv?
Other CLI tools projects on Repoworthy include fzf, lazygit, ripgrep and bat.
Alternatives in CLI tools
CLI tools →Numbers from the GitHub API, checked 10 Nov 2026. Text summarised from the project's README. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.