AstroBoatIt's a fucking nightmare... Why can't we have nice things ?
Adam Zawodni
GitHub - duriantaco/fyn: Fyn is a privacy-first fork of uv for fast Python package management, dependency resolution, virtual environments, and pyproject.toml workflows.
Fyn is a privacy-first fork of uv for fast Python package management, dependency resolution, virtual environments, and pyproject.toml workflows. - duriantaco/fyn
pvergain (kolektiva)- https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/19/openai-acquiring-astral/ (Thoughts on OpenAI acquiring Astral and uv/ruff/ty, Réflexions sur l'acquisition d'Astral et de uv/ruff/ty par OpenAI)
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# En français 🇫🇷
OpenAI n'a pas encore fait ses preuves en matière d'acquisition et de maintenance de projets open source.
Ils ont pourtant enchaîné les acquisitions ces trois derniers mois, en mettant la main sur Promptfoo (https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-promptfoo/) et OpenClaw (https://steipete.me/posts/2026/openclaw, en quelque sorte, puisqu'ils ont embauché son créateur Peter Steinberger et qu'ils transfèrent OpenClaw vers une fondation), ainsi que sur la plateforme LaTeX propriétaire Crixet (https://openai.com/index/introducing-prism/, désormais Prism).
Si les choses tournent mal pour uv et les autres projets d'Astral, nous verrons à quel point la stratégie de sortie par le "fork" est crédible.
in English 🇬🇧
OpenAI don’t yet have much of a track record with respect to acquiring and maintaining open source projects.
They’ve been on a bit of an acquisition spree over the past three months though, snapping up Promptfoo and OpenClaw (sort-of, they hired creator Peter Steinberger and are spinning OpenClaw off to a foundation), plus closed source LaTeX platform Crixet (now Prism).
If things do go south for uv and the other Astral projects we’ll get to see how credible the forking exit strategy turns out to be.
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#python #uv #ty #ruff #astral #fork #logicielLibre #openSource #openAI
Dantali0n 
At work we maintain a range of project templates for various languages such as #Python and #cpp we have been looking to migrate from #tox to #precommit and #uv but now #Astral the company behind uv and ruff has been acquired by OpenAI.
So everything is ready im just not sure anymore if we should, despite certain benefits its quite hard to ignore how many things are being ruined by corporate AI
If you are wondering about such a pre-commit + uv setup you can find it here: https://github.com/astron-rd/PACE/pull/50
Winbuzzerhttps://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/22/openai-acquires-astral-python-tools-codex-xcxwbn/
OpenAI Acquires Python Toolmaker Astral to Boost Codex AI Agent
#AI #OpenAI #Python #MergersAndAcquisitions #ClaudeCode #OpenSource #AICoding #DeveloperTools #CodingTools #Coding #Astral #Codex
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseArs Technica: OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral. “OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company into its Codex team.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/22/ars-technica-openai-is-acquiring-open-source-python-tool-maker-astral/
Awe & Wonder & Dream mediahttps://omdaruliterature.blogspot.com/2026/03/conversations-with-universe-astral.html #Conversations with the #Universe – An #Astral #Journey to the #Planet #Burhad ( #Pikran ) – to the capital of the #Interstellar Union #channeling #esoterics #spirituality
Odissea QuotidianaAstral assume 16 profili tra trasporto pubblico e ferrovie Roma-Lido e Roma-Viterbo. Candidature entro il 5 aprile 2026 per rafforzare la gestione delle UdR e delle linee ferroviarie.
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Le nuove stazioni della Roma-Lido a Torrino-Mezzocammino e Giardino di Roma avanzano. Lavori notturni, spostamento cavi e fondazioni in corso. L’inaugurazione è prevista nel 2027.
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David Zaslavsky@veronica No, this is a rather misleading statement. OpenAI has zero control over any version of the #Astral tools that came out before the acquisition (unless they were secretly pulling the strings of the Astral developers behind the scenes all along, but AFAIK there's zero evidence of that, and if they were doing it why would they bring on additional scrutiny by announcing an acquisition?), and going forward, the #Python community can just stop using those tools. There are pure-Python alternatives for all of them, as well as the forks that will inevitably spring up. This is why we have standards.
I'm sure there are a fair number of package developers that either don't know or don't care this is happening, and will keep using Astral tools out of sheer laziness, and I suppose those projects could be considered subject to some sort of "control" from OpenAI... but still, they have the choice to just, y'know, not be. Any time they want.