Find outdated/updatable pip packages

Question

pip freeze shows me the packages installed, but how do I check against pypi which ones are outdated?

Answer 1

Since version 1.3, pip features a new command:

$ pip list --outdated
requests (Current: 1.1.0 Latest: 1.2.0)

See this post for more information.

Answer 2

Use this pip fork:

https://github.com/dgladkov/pip

Which does exactly what you want using this command:

$ pip outdated

Answer 3

Perhaps pip-tools, available at https://github.com/nvie/pip-tools, might help you achieve what you want?

An example from the README:

$ pip-review --interactive
requests==0.14.0 available (you have 0.13.2)
Upgrade now? [Y]es, [N]o, [A]ll, [Q]uit y
...
redis==2.6.2 available (you have 2.4.9)
Upgrade now? [Y]es, [N]o, [A]ll, [Q]uit n
rq==0.3.2 available (you have 0.3.0)
Upgrade now? [Y]es, [N]o, [A]ll, [Q]uit y
...