aid: astral
name: Astral
description: >-
  Astral (Astral Software Inc.) builds high-performance developer tools for the
  Python ecosystem, written in Rust. Its products are uv, an extremely fast
  Python package and project manager that replaces pip, pip-tools, pipx, poetry,
  pyenv, twine, and virtualenv; Ruff, an extremely fast Python linter and code
  formatter; and ty, a fast Python type checker and language server. Founded by
  Charlie Marsh (creator of Ruff) and backed by Accel, Caffeinated Capital, and
  angel investor Guillermo Rauch, Astral ships open-source command-line tooling
  distributed via PyPI, crates.io, npm, and Homebrew. In March 2026 Astral
  agreed to join OpenAI as part of the Codex team.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/astral/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- accel
- caffeinated-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/115962839?v=4
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Developer Tools
- Python
- Package Manager
- Linter
- Code Formatter
- Type Checker
- CLI
- Open Source
- Rust
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://astral.sh/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.astral.sh/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.astral.sh/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/
- type: Blog
  url: https://astral.sh/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/astral-sh
- type: Support
  url: https://discord.com/invite/c9MhzV8aU5
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://astral.sh/legal/privacy
- type: About
  url: https://astral.sh/about
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/astral_sh
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astral-sh
- type: Packages
  url: packages/astral-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/astral-cli.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/astral-uv-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/astral-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence