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Python Poetry Example og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Time to Ditch Requirements.txt now! Start using Poetry. Python Poetry Example **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 11 min read · 45 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Learn about Poetry, a package dependencies management tool for Python that solves package dependency issues. Install Poetry using pip and create a Python project using Poetry. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@diabl** · 4 upvotes > Yeah, we are using poetry for our production API. Initially we thought that it's cool idea, but apparently, it's not that simple. > For example, building Dockerfiles is a giant problem. If you are not going to commit your lock file, installing dependencies will take forever (~20 minutes for us). Second problem is that dependencies are installed into hidden venv, which you need to solve by either tricking poetry into installing dependencies globally by disabling virtualenvs, using multi-stage (https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/issues/1178) or exporting deps into requirements.txt anyway.... **@josephhansen** · 1 upvotes > Good stuff! It's nice seeing Python move in a more standard, package-based direction ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/time-to-ditch-requirements-txt-now-start-using-poetry-python-poetry-example-tn2qqfqbm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Time to Ditch Requirements.txt now! 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