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``pipreqs`` - Generate requirements.txt file for any project based on imports
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Installation
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    pip install pipreqs

Usage
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    Usage:
        pipreqs [options] <path>

    Options:
        --use-local           Use ONLY local package information instead of querying PyPI
        --pypi-server         Use custom PyPi server
        --proxy               Use Proxy, parameter will be passed to requests library
        --debug               Print debug information
        --encoding <charset>  Use encoding parameter for file open
        --savepath <file>     Save the list of requirements in the given file
        --force               Overwrite existing requirements.txt

Example
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    $ pipreqs /home/project/location
    Successfully saved requirements file in /home/project/location/requirements.txt

Contents of requirements.txt

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    wheel==0.23.0
    Yarg==0.1.9
    docopt==0.6.2
    
Why not pip freeze?
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- ``pip freeze`` only saves the packages that are installed with ``pip install`` in your environment. 
- pip freeze saves all packages in the environment including those that you don't use in your current project. (if you don't have virtualenv)
- and sometimes you just need to create requirements.txt for a new project without installing modules.