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This repository contains backend implementations designed to facilitate the building of pixi projects directly from their source code. These backends aim to enhance the functionality of Pixi, a cross-platform, multi-language package manager and workflow tool built on the foundation of the conda ecosystem.

## Available Build Backends
The idea is that a backend should be able to build a certain type of so
The idea is that each backend should be able to deal with one kind of build system.
The repository provides the following build backends:

1. **pixi-build-python**: A backend tailored for building Python-based projects.
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## Getting Started

**Note**: This project is currently a work in progress. Functionality and documentation are under active development.
All of these backends are directly uploaded to the [Pixi Build Backends](https://prefix.dev/channels/pixi-build-backends).
So will be utilized in pixi directly. We want to move these to conda-forge eventually.

For example, this `build-section` will use the python backend to build a python project:

```toml
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### Developing on Backends

Even though binary versions are available on the prefix channels, its also quite easy to get started on developing a new backend or work on an existing one.
Even though binary versions are available on the prefix channels and conda-forge, its also quite easy to get started on developing a new backend or work on an existing one.
To start development make sure you have installed [pixi](https://pixi.sh). After which, a number of command should be available:

```bash
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