Add your Python Package to conda-forge

Athul R T | Jul 21, 2021 min read

  1. Fork conda-recipes repostiory to your github account.

  2. Clone the repo to your local system. Checkout to a new branch.

  3. Open recipes folder and open terminal there.

  4. Install grayskull

    pip3 install grayskull

  5. Now run

    grayskull pypi <package name>

    The package should be in pypi package index.

  6. Now you can see a new folder with your package name and meta.yml file inside the folder. Now tweak the meta.yml file inside the package folder. You can refer meta.yml file inside example folder for reference.

  7. Install conda-smithy if it isn’t installed in your system

    conda install -n root -c conda-forge conda-smithy

  8. Now open the newly created folder with your package name. Run

    conda smithy recipe-lint .

    The smithy will show lints, or errors in the meta.yml file. Fix them and update your repository.

  9. Now create a PR to conda-recipes repo master branch with title Adding <package name> recipe. Wait till the maintainers review and approve it.