# boa-mamba

**Repository Path**: mirrors_andyglick/boa-mamba

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: boa-mamba
- **Description**: The fast conda package builder, based on mamba
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: BSD-3-Clause
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2026-02-22

## Categories & Tags

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## README

![boa header image](docs/assets/boa_header.png)

## The Fast Conda and Mamba Package Builder

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    <th colspan="3" align="center" border="">part of mamba-org</th>
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    <td align="center">Package Manager <a href="https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba">mamba</a></td>
    <td align="center">Package Server <a href="https://github.com/mamba-org/quetz">quetz</a></td>
    <td align="center">Package Builder <a href="https://github.com/mamba-org/boa">boa</a></td>
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# boa, the fast build tool for conda packages

**boa** is very much a work-in-progress right now.

[![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/HBduIi9TgdFgS3zV7mB3h0KpN.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/HBduIi9TgdFgS3zV7mB3h0KpN)

**boa** is a package builder for conda packages. It is re-using a lot of the `conda-build` infrastructure, but replaces some parts. Specifically the solving stage is done using `mamba`, the fast `conda`-alternative (implemented in C++ and based on `libsolv`).

We are also working towards a new "meta.yaml" format in the `boa/cli/render.py` source file.
This is totally a work-in-progress, and you should not expect it to work or to be stable.

You can find (and participate!) in discussions regarding the new `meta.yaml` format in this hackmd: https://hackmd.io/axI1tQdwQB2pTJKt5XdY5w

The shortterm-goal for boa is to parse the new version spec, and produce a `conda_build.MetaData` class in Python that describes how to to assemble the final package.

We have two small tools included with boa:

```
conda mambabuild my_recipe_folder # this is equivalent to running conda build my_recipe_folder, but using mamba as a solver
boa render my_recipe_folder  # "render" a recipe (note you have to use the non-final v2 syntax, check the recipes folder for examples
boa build my_recipe_folder  # this is running a "build" of the v2 recipe
```

### Dev Installation

You will have to install the dependencies of boa, and then execute pip to install:

```
mamba install "conda-build>=3.20" colorama pip ruamel ruamel.yaml rich -c conda-forge
# now install boa into your prefix with pip
pip install -e .
```

### License

We use a shared copyright model that enables all contributors to maintain the copyright on their contributions.

This software is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause license. See the LICENSE file for details.