Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• pip (any recent version)
• Zero external dependencies — pipguard uses only the Python standard library

Install from PyPI

pip install pipguard

Verify the installation:

pipguard --version

Install from Source

git clone https://github.com/shenxianpeng/pipguard.git
cd pipguard
pip install -e .

CI / Docker

Add to your requirements-dev.txt or install directly in your CI pipeline:

.github/workflows/ci.yml

- name: Install pipguard
  run: pip install pipguard

- name: Secure dependency install
  run: pipguard install --yes -r requirements.txt

Upgrading

pip install --upgrade pipguard

Uninstalling

pip uninstall pipguard

pipguard creates no configuration files and leaves no persistent state — uninstall is clean.