Miniforge
As an alternative to Anaconda, you can also use the open-source project Miniforge.
Miniforge is a small, bootstrap version of the data science platform Anaconda that includes only Python, the open source package management system conda and a small number of other useful packages.
Miniforge also uses Anaconda’s package manager conda
, which makes it easy to manage multiple data environments that can be maintained and run separately without interference from each other (in so called virtual environments).
Miniforge is an community-led alternative to the data science platforms Anaconda and Miniconda, provided by Anaconda, Inc.
Compared to Anaconda, Miniforge provides more up-to-date packages, and is more user-friendly. Therefore, I recommend using Miniforge for data science projects.
Install the latest version of the Miniforge