This seems to be from astral, the organization behind ruff[1], uv[2], and rye[3] (all good things!).<p>They seem to force using python -m pip on Windows since they don't ship pip.exe[4]? This is <i>very</i> interesting.<p>From their doc[5] since the README.md's super-bare:<p>> These Python distributions contain a fully-usable, full-featured Python installation: most extension modules from the Python standard library are present and their library dependencies are either distributed with the distribution or are statically linked.<p>> The Python distributions are built in a manner to minimize run-time dependencies. This includes limiting the CPU instructions that can be used and limiting the set of shared libraries required at run-time. The goal is for the produced distribution to work on any system for the targeted architecture.<p>[1]: <a href="https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff">https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff</a><p>[2]: Significantly faster than regular pip: <a href="https://github.com/astral-sh/uv">https://github.com/astral-sh/uv</a><p>[3]: <a href="https://rye.astral.sh/" rel="nofollow">https://rye.astral.sh/</a><p>[4]: <a href="https://gregoryszorc.com/docs/python-build-standalone/main/quirks.html#no-pip-exe-on-windows" rel="nofollow">https://gregoryszorc.com/docs/python-build-standalone/main/q...</a><p>[5]: <a href="https://gregoryszorc.com/docs/python-build-standalone/main/" rel="nofollow">https://gregoryszorc.com/docs/python-build-standalone/main/</a>