This uv cheatsheet covers the most common & useful uv commands.

This cheatsheet covers:

• project creation;
• project dependency management;
• project lifecycle and versioning;
• working with scripts (initialisation, dependency management, ...);
• management of Python versions;
• running & installing tools;
• venv/pip compatibility interface; and
• some meta & miscellaneous commands.

You can also find this cheatsheet as a blog post at https://mathspp.com/blog/uv-cheatsheet.

Changelog

17/01/2026

• Added uv sync
• Fixed stylistic inconsistencies