OpenAI Acquires Astral: What It Means for PyCharm Users | The PyCharm Blog

On March 19, OpenAI announced that it would acquire Astral, the company behind uv, Ruff, and ty. The Astral team, led by founder Charlie Marsh, will join OpenAI’s Codex team. The deal is subject to regulatory approval. First and foremost: congratulations to Charlie Marsh and the entire Astral team. They shipped some of the most beloved tools in the Python ecosystem and raised the bar for what developer tooling can be. This acquisition is a reflection of the impact they’ve had. This is big news for the Python ecosystem, and it matters to us at JetBrains. Here’s our perspective. What Astral built In just two years, Astral transformed Python tooling. Their tools now see hundreds of millions of downloads every month, and for good reason: uv is a blazing-fast package and environment manager that unifies functionality from pip, venv, pyenv, pipx, and more into a single tool. With around 124 million monthly downloads, it has quickly become the default choice for many Python