docs/reference/cli/pixi/search.md
Search a conda package
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pixi search [OPTIONS] <PACKAGE>
<PACKAGE></a>
: MatchSpec of a package to searchrequired: true
--channel (-c) <CHANNEL></a>
: The channels to consider as a name or a url. Multiple channels can be specified by using this field multiple timesMay be provided more than once.
--platform (-p) <PLATFORM></a>
: The platform to search packages for. By default, searches all platforms from the manifest (or all known platforms if no manifest is found). Accepts a workspace platform name; a bare conda subdir (e.g. linux-64) is also accepted--limit (-l) <LIMIT></a>
: Limit the number of versions shown per package, -1 for no limitdefault: 5
--limit-packages (-n) <LIMIT_PACKAGES></a>
: Limit the number of packages shown, -1 for no limitdefault: 5
--json</a>
: Output in JSON format--no-config</a>
: Don't read system or user-level configuration files. Project-local <project>/.pixi/config.toml is still loadedenv: PIXI_NO_CONFIG
default: false
--config-file <PATH></a>
: Load configuration from this file instead of searching system and user-level paths. Project-local <project>/.pixi/config.toml is still merged on topenv: PIXI_CONFIG_FILE
--auth-file <AUTH_FILE></a>
: Path to the file containing the authentication token--concurrent-downloads <CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS></a>
: Max concurrent network requests, default is 50--concurrent-solves <CONCURRENT_SOLVES></a>
: Max concurrent solves, default is the number of CPUs--pinning-strategy <PINNING_STRATEGY></a>
: Set pinning strategyoptions: semver, minor, major, latest-up, exact-version, no-pin
--pypi-keyring-provider <PYPI_KEYRING_PROVIDER></a>
: Specifies whether to use the keyring to look up credentials for PyPIoptions: disabled, subprocess
--run-post-link-scripts</a>
: Run post-link scripts (insecure)--no-symbolic-links</a>
: Disallow symbolic links during package installationenv: PIXI_NO_SYMBOLIC_LINKS
--no-hard-links</a>
: Disallow hard links during package installationenv: PIXI_NO_HARD_LINKS
--no-ref-links</a>
: Disallow ref links (copy-on-write) during package installationenv: PIXI_NO_REF_LINKS
--tls-no-verify</a>
: Do not verify the TLS certificate of the server--offline=<OFFLINE></a>
: Run without network access, using only cached data. Commands fail if data is missing from the cache. Pass --offline=false to override an offline setting from the configurationenv: PIXI_OFFLINE
options: y, yes, t, true, on, 1, n, no, f, false, off, 0
--tls-root-certs <TLS_ROOT_CERTS></a>
: Which TLS root certificates to use: 'webpki' (bundled Mozilla roots) or 'system' (system store)env: PIXI_TLS_ROOT_CERTS
--use-environment-activation-cache</a>
: Use environment activation cache (experimental)--manifest-path (-m) <MANIFEST_PATH></a>
: The path to pixi.toml, pyproject.toml, or the workspace directory--workspace (-w) <WORKSPACE></a>
: Name of the workspaceSearch a conda package
Its output will list the latest version of package.
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