User Documentation

• A brief introduction
  • What is conda-forge?
  • Why conda-forge?
  • How can I install packages from conda-forge?
  • Can I contribute packages to conda-forge?
  • How can I give credit to conda-forge?
  • Display conda-forge packages in Anaconda Navigator
• Announcements
  • 2023
    • 2023-09-25: Python 3.12 migration and Python 3.11 by default
    • 2023-08-24: Bumping Minimum MacOS version to 10.13
    • 2023-07-12: End-of-life for CentOS 6
    • 2023-01-09: conda-forge Google Group is Now Read-only - Move to Discourse
    • 2023-01-08: conda-forge/staged-recipes Feedstock Creation Job Moved
  • 2022
    • 2022-11-16: Moving to .conda Artifacts
    • 2022-11-04: Releasing Python 3.8.14, 3.9.14, and 3.10.7
    • 2022-09-27: Conda Moving to CalVer
    • 2022-08-24: Dropping Python 3.7
    • 2022-08-17: Dropping PyPy 3.7
    • 2022-08-11: Moving to Visual Studio toolchain vc142
    • 2022-07-22: Azure OSX VM Image Bumped to Version 11
    • 2022-04-23: Packages for Qt/PyQt 5.15.2 are now available
    • 2022-04-20: New Semi-automated PR Labeling in conda-forge/staged-recipes
    • 2022-04-03: CircleCI and Drone.io Deprecated for New Feedstocks
    • 2022-03-28: PyPy 3.8+3.9 Migration
    • 2022-03-06: Travis CI Usage Deprecated for win_*, osx_*, and linux_64 Platforms
    • 2022-02-13: Default branch migration from master to main
  • 2021
    • 2021-12-02: CentOS 7 docker images are now the default
    • 2021-11-17: cloud.drone.io no longer working
    • 2021-10-20: conda-forge now uses mambabuild as default
    • 2021-10-13: GCC 10 and clang 12 as default compilers for Linux and macOS
    • 2021-10-04: python 3.6 is now dropped when building conda-forge packages
    • 2021-09-30: defaults channel is now dropped when building conda-forge packages
    • 2021-05-22: conda-forge is now citable!
  • 2020
    • 2020-12-16: Moving to CentOS 7 and CentOS 6 End-of-Life
    • 2020-12-02: Artifact Validation
    • 2020-10-08: Compiler Upgrade to GCC 9.3.0
    • 2020-08-07: Completed New Staging Process for anaconda.org Uploads
    • 2020-08-06: Fixed Maintenance Process for Feedstock Teams
    • 2020-07-23: CentOS 7 sysroot Now Available for linux-64 Builds
    • 2020-07-23: Strict channel priority in builds for OSX and Linux
    • 2020-07-23: NumPy 1.16 is the minimal NumPy version on all platforms
    • 2020-07-17: Conda-forge is building openblas with both pthreads and openmp on Linux
    • 2020-07-16: Core Dependency Tree Package Changes
    • 2020-07-16: Moving from clang 9 to clang 10
    • 2020-07-15: CFEP-18: Removing static libraries from the main build
    • 2020-07-03: cf-mark-broken renamed to admin-requests
    • 2020-05-28: New Process for Marking Packages as Broken
    • 2020-05-09: New Staging Process for anaconda.org Uploads
    • 2020-03-24: vs2015 to vs2017 Transition
    • 2020-03-23: Appveyor Deprecation
    • 2020-03-21: Python 2.7 Admin Command Available
    • 2020-03-18: Python 2.7 and vs2008 Deprecation
  • 2019
    • 2019-09-30: Clang 9.0.0 and gfortran 7.3.0 as default compilers in OSX
    • 2019-03-28: We overhauled the blas support in conda-forge.
    • 2019-01-22: It has happened! Conda-forge has migrated to the latest compilers 🎉.
  • 2018
    • 2018-10-12: The rebuild is moving along nicely with almost a third of the packages completed.
    • 2018-09-24: A minimal python 3.7 build is now available across all platforms and both compilers!
    • 2018-09-24: Deprecation notice for Python 3.5
    • 2018-09-20: The compiler migration is in full swing.
    • 2018-09-10: Conda forge now has a magical status bar for tracking the progress of migrations.
• Tips & tricks
  • Using multiple channels
    • Why does that happen?
    • How to fix it?
  • Using External Message Passing Interface (MPI) Libraries
  • Installing Apple Intel packages on Apple Silicon
  • Installing CUDA-enabled packages like TensorFlow and PyTorch
  • Using PyPy as an interpreter
• Using conda-smithy to manage your CI
  • Getting Started
    • 1. Fill out recipe/meta.yaml
    • 2. Commit the changes
    • 3. Register with the CI providers
    • 4. Rerender
  • Keeping Up-to-date
• FAQ
• Becoming involved
  • Improve the documentation
    • Editing the documentation directly through Github
    • Editing the documentation locally
    • Writing guidelines
• How to get help at conda-forge
  • Element chatroom
  • GitHub issues
  • Discourse Group
• Talks and resources about conda-forge
  • Conferences
  • Other materials