How to freeze packages installed only in the virtual environment? How to freeze packages installed only in the virtual environment? python python

How to freeze packages installed only in the virtual environment?


You need to use the -l or --local option to freeze only the local packages (and not the global ones)

pip freeze -l > requirements.txt 

Make sure you are working in the virtualenv before doing pip freeze -l.


Only local packages on virtual environment

pip freeze -l > requirements.txt # or --local instead of -l

Only local packages installed by the user on virtual environment

pip freeze --user > requirements.txt

See the documentation for further details: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_freeze/.


For me (macOS) the following worked

path/to/venv/bin/pip3 freeze -l