Export a uv lockfile to requirements.txt (or pylock.toml) for tools that can't read uv.lock

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Documented steps

  1. Export to stdout in requirements.txt format (default): `uv export`. Includes all transitive dependencies with hashes.
  2. Write to a file: `uv export -o requirements.txt` (flag is -o / --output-file).
  3. Choose format explicitly: `uv export --format requirements.txt` or `--format pylock.toml` (PEP 751) — those are the two supported formats.
  4. Trim the output: `--no-hashes` (omit hashes), `--no-dev` (exclude dev group), `--group <name>` / `--no-group <name>` / `--all-groups`, `--no-editable` (export editables as non-editable), `--no-emit-project` (omit the project itself).
  5. Consume with pip: `pip install -r requirements.txt` (or pip-sync).
  6. In CI, add `--locked` so the export asserts uv.lock is current instead of silently re-locking (`--frozen` exports as-is without checking).
  7. Docs: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/reference/cli/#uv-export

Known gotchas

Related routes

Upgrade locked dependency versions in a uv project (uv lock --upgrade / --upgrade-package, uv tree, lockfile checks)
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