prefix-dev · ruben-arts · Oct 7, 2025 · Oct 6, 2025
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,84 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+### [0.56.0] - 2025-10-06
+#### ✨ Highlights
+
+Install a `.conda` package directly using `pixi global install`:
+```
+pixi global install --path /path/to/package-name.conda
+```
+
+#### Added
+
+- Add paxton-as-pixi SVG by @VeckoTheGecko in [#4592](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4592)
+- Add a hyperlink to lock file docs by @lucascolley in [#4600](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4600)
+- Add description of a workspace to first workspace docs by @lucascolley in [#4602](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4602)
+- Add a tutorial on `pixi import` and `pixi init --import` by @lucascolley in [#4631](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4631)
+
+
+#### Changed
+
+- Option to ignore env var during activation by @Hofer-Julian in [#4619](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4619)
+- Add new (minimal) pixi_api abstraction crate by @haecker-felix in [#4546](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4546)
+- Drop StyledText abstraction, rename config to workspace by @haecker-felix in [#4647](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4647)
+- More simple introduction to manifest reference by @lucascolley in [#4601](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4601)
+- Direct `.conda` global installation by @lucascolley in [#4502](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4502)
+- Implement task support for WorkspaceContext by @haecker-felix in [#4667](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4667)
+- Unsafe-best-match for build as well by @tdejager in [#4649](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4649)
+
+
+#### Documentation
+
+- `project` -> `workspace`, improve `first_workspace` page by @lucascolley in [#4586](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4586)
+- Fix bash completion sourcing example by @Hofer-Julian in [#4590](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4590)
+- `project` -> `workspace` in README also by @lucascolley in [#4589](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4589)
+- Fix typo by @Hofer-Julian in [#4596](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4596)
+- Fix broken hyperlink by @magsol in [#4605](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4605)
+- Add global environments in setup-pixi by @pavelzw in [#4627](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4627)
+- Add warning when viewing old docs version by @lucascolley in [#4628](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4628)
+- Fix list in pixi extensions page by @pavelzw in [#4630](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4630)
+- Update doc to include global environment caching information by @olivier-lacroix in [#4672](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4672)
+
+
+#### Fixed
+
+- Correct SIGINT forwarding by @remimimimimi in [#4552](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4552)
+- Inconsistent caching when input or output globs unmatched by @tdejager in [#4547](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4547)
+- Obscure error when importing `environment.yml` with empty `pip:` by @Hofer-Julian in [#4609](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4609)
+- Use source name for a package by @nichmor in [#4597](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4597)
+- Pixi init config loading by @Hofer-Julian in [#4610](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4610)
+- `add_tests::add_with_channel` by @Hofer-Julian in [#4618](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4618)
+- Optional dependencies break requirement conversion code by @Hofer-Julian in [#4603](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4603)
+- Handle `url::pkg` dependencies from conda env file by @lucascolley in [#4621](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4621)
+- Panic when trying to resolve cross-platform deps by @nichmor in [#4612](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4612)
+- Adapt testsuite CI by @Hofer-Julian in [#4632](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4632)
+- Skip multi-output test by @Hofer-Julian in [#4653](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4653)
+- Upgrade all features by default by @lucascolley in [#4646](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4646)
+- Available tasks output by @remimimimimi in [#4655](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4655)
+- Restore $status before calling __fish_prompt_orig by @fstanis in [#4651](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4651)
+- Use correct equality specifier for conda-environment export with git subdir pypi dep by @ihnorton in [#4658](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4658)
+- Fix test-exports integration test after PR4658 by @ihnorton in [#4695](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4695)
+- `pixi list` shouldn't panic in case of `BrokenPipe` error by @mrswastik-robot in [#4673](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4673)
+- Double relative manifest path by @remimimimimi in [#4699](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4699)
+
+
+#### Performance
+
+- Use `ignore` crate instead of `wax` crate for globbing by @tdejager in [#4578](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4578)
+- Initialize the reqwest client lazily by @baszalmstra in [#4666](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4666)
+- Initialize the environment variables lazily for sdist environments by @baszalmstra in [#4685](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4685)
+
+#### Refactor
+
+- Extracted pixi_install_pypi from core by @tdejager in [#4643](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4643)
+
+#### New Contributors
+* @ihnorton made their first contribution in [#4695](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4695)
+* @fstanis made their first contribution in [#4651](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4651)
+* @magsol made their first contribution in [#4605](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4605)
+* @VeckoTheGecko made their first contribution in [#4592](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/4592)
+
 ### [0.55.0] - 2025-09-15
 #### ✨ Highlights
 

diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ authors:
   - given-names: Julian
     family-names: Hofer
     email: [email protected]
-repository-code: 'https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/releases/tag/v0.55.0'
-url: 'https://pixi.sh/v0.55.0'
+repository-code: 'https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/releases/tag/v0.56.0'
+url: 'https://pixi.sh/v0.56.0'
 abstract: >-
   A cross-platform, language agnostic, package/project
   management tool for development in virtual environments.

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/crates/pixi/Cargo.toml b/crates/pixi/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 name = "pixi"
 readme.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
-version = "0.55.0"
+version = "0.56.0"
 
 [features]
 default = ["rustls-tls"]

diff --git a/crates/pixi_consts/src/consts.rs b/crates/pixi_consts/src/consts.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub const PYPROJECT_MANIFEST: &str = "pyproject.toml";
 pub const CONFIG_FILE: &str = "config.toml";
 pub const PIXI_VERSION: &str = match option_env!("PIXI_VERSION") {
     Some(v) => v,
-    None => "0.55.0",
+    None => "0.56.0",
 };
 pub const PREFIX_FILE_NAME: &str = "pixi_env_prefix";
 pub const ENVIRONMENTS_DIR: &str = "envs";

diff --git a/docs/integration/ci/github_actions.md b/docs/integration/ci/github_actions.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ We created [prefix-dev/setup-pixi](https://github.com/prefix-dev/setup-pixi) to
 ```yaml
 - uses: prefix-dev/[email protected]
   with:
-    pixi-version: v0.55.0
+    pixi-version: v0.56.0
     cache: true
     auth-host: prefix.dev
     auth-token: ${{ secrets.PREFIX_DEV_TOKEN }}

diff --git a/docs/integration/editor/vscode.md b/docs/integration/editor/vscode.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Then, create the following two files in the `.devcontainer` directory:
 ```dockerfile title=".devcontainer/Dockerfile"
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:jammy
 
-ARG PIXI_VERSION=v0.55.0
+ARG PIXI_VERSION=v0.56.0
 
 RUN curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/pixi -fsSL --compressed "https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/releases/download/${PIXI_VERSION}/pixi-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-musl" \
     && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pixi \

diff --git a/install/install.ps1 b/install/install.ps1
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .LINK
     https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi
 .NOTES
-    Version: v0.55.0
+    Version: v0.56.0
 #>
 param (
     [string] $PixiVersion = 'latest',

diff --git a/install/install.sh b/install/install.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -eu
-# Version: v0.55.0
+# Version: v0.56.0
 
 __wrap__() {
     VERSION="${PIXI_VERSION:-latest}"

diff --git a/schema/schema.json b/schema/schema.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
-  "$id": "https://pixi.sh/v0.55.0/schema/manifest/schema.json",
+  "$id": "https://pixi.sh/v0.56.0/schema/manifest/schema.json",
   "title": "`pixi.toml` manifest file",
   "description": "The configuration for a [`pixi`](https://pixi.sh) project.",
   "type": "object",
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "title": "Schema",
       "description": "The schema identifier for the project's configuration",
       "type": "string",
-      "default": "https://pixi.sh/v0.55.0/schema/manifest/schema.json",
+      "default": "https://pixi.sh/v0.56.0/schema/manifest/schema.json",
       "format": "uri-reference"
     },
     "activation": {

diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi"
 
 [version]
-current = "0.55.0"
+current = "0.56.0"
 
 # Example of a semver regexp.
 # Make sure this matches current_version before

diff --git a/tests/integration_python/common.py b/tests/integration_python/common.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from rattler import Platform
 
-PIXI_VERSION = "0.55.0"
+PIXI_VERSION = "0.56.0"
 
 
 ALL_PLATFORMS = '["linux-64", "osx-64", "osx-arm64", "win-64", "linux-ppc64le", "linux-aarch64"]'