v0.76.0

### [0.76.0] - 2026-08-03
#### ✨ Highlights

A single Python file can now carry its own environment. Pixi reads [PEP 723](https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/inline-script-metadata/) inline metadata, and `--script` works on `init`, `run`, `add`, `remove`, `lock`, `list`, `tree`, and `workspace export`.

```python title="hello.py"
# /// script
# requires-python = ">=3.11"
# dependencies = ["rich>=13.9.2"]
# ///
import rich

rich.print("Hi from [bold magenta]hello.py[/bold magenta]!")
```

`pixi run --script hello.py` is the whole setup: no `pixi.toml`, no `.pixi` folder, and no lock file unless you ask for one with `pixi lock --script`.

PEP 723 only covers Python and PyPI, so Pixi reads `tool.pixi` for the rest. This greatly extends the script's capabilities, for example to add conda dependencies:

```python title="earthquakes.py"
# /// script
# dependencies = ["httpx"]
# [tool.pixi.workspace]
# channels = ["conda-forge"]
# [tool.pixi.dependencies]
# gdal = "*"
# ///
```

`pixi init --script`, `pixi add --script <file> gdal`, and `pixi add --script <file> --pypi httpx` write that block for you. Scripts don't have to be local either: `pixi run --script` takes a URL, a [Gist page](https://gist.github.com/ruben-arts/596390c215bdd7d2578e593b5309d68e) (that one builds CPython 3.16 from git first), or `-` to read from stdin.

Thanks @manzt for building this out across five PRs, see the [standalone scripts docs](https://pixi.prefix.dev/v0.76.0/python/scripts/) for the rest. This release also adds [`[package.run-exports]`](https://pixi.prefix.dev/v0.76.0/reference/pixi_manifest/#run-exports), an `lfs` field for git dependencies, and configurable channel priority.

#### Added

- Support PEP 723 scripts with `--script` by @manzt in [#6648](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6648)
- Support PEP 723 scripts in `pixi list` by @manzt in [#6726](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6726)
- Support `[package.run-exports]` in package manifests by @Hofer-Julian in [#6696](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6696)
- Run PEP 723 scripts from URLs by @manzt in [#6728](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6728)
- Resolve GitHub Gist scripts by @manzt in [#6739](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6739)
- Run PEP 723 scripts from standard input by @manzt in [#6740](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6740)
- Update rattler and support flexible channel priority by @Hofer-Julian in [#6743](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6743)
- Add `lfs` field to git dependencies by @Hofer-Julian in [#6744](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6744)


#### Changed

- Point the uv cache at the pixi cache directory by @wolfv in [#6712](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6712)
- Resolve the target subdir to the declared workspace platform by @wolfv in [#6715](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6715)
- Strip ANSI escapes from rendered diagnostics in snapshots by @ruben-arts in [#6735](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6735)


#### Documentation

- Make more use of the rich platform syntax by @ruben-arts in [#6711](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6711)


#### Fixed

- Force reinstall with setuptools in ros backend by @ruben-arts in [#6713](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6713)
- Fix pre-commit during backends release script by @lucascolley in [#6719](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6719)


#### New Contributors
* @manzt made their first contribution in [#6740](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6740)