pip install pipreqs
Usage: pipreqs <path> [options] Options: --savepath Supply custom path for requirements.txt --debug See debug output
$ pipreqs /home/project/location Looking for imports Getting latest version of packages information from PyPi Found third-party imports: flask, requests, sqlalchemy, docopt Successfuly saved requirements file in: /home/project/location/requirements.txt
pip freeze
only saves the packages that are installed withpip install
in your environment.- pip freeze saves all packages in the environment including those that you don't use in your current project. (if you don't have virtualenv)
- and sometimes you just need to create requiremetns.txt for a new project without installing modules.