Motivation

conda-lockfiles is a plugin that enables lockfile support in conda. To do this, we are standing on the shoulders of one very important project that came before it: conda-lock. This project is different from conda-lock in the following ways:

1. Support for more than just the conda-lock format (e.g. pixi-lock)

2. Integrated user experience that does not rely on separate subcommands (e.g. lockfiles are create via conda export and a separate conda-lock command)

We see this project as an iteration on conda-lock while still keeping compatibility with it. We hope this plugin will give conda users more options and flexibility when it comes to sharing reproducible environments across the different tools available in our ecosystem.