[Crestwave]

It doesn't, no? You create virtual environments using Python's venv module, not pip. The newer alternatives like uv do handle it, though.

[mrcjkb]

Right, my bad. Still, being able to do more to aid the creation and maintenance of packages than just install packages doesn't make something "not a package manager".

[Lyngbakr]

It's like a package manager on steroids!

When I tried using Gleam, I loved that it came with all the basic tooling I needed and that's what I think is so wonderful about Lux. I don't want to spend my time fiddling around with setting up all the individual tools — I just want to write code. For me, Lux makes the broader experience around building Lua projects a lot more enjoyable.