An environment switcher for the shell.

Automate the activation of Python virtual environments#

You can use it with, e.g., uv.

1. Install it.

brew install direnv

2. Hook direnv into the shell. For instance, add the following into .zshrc or .zshrc.local

eval "$(direnv hook zsh)" # for zsh

3. Restart the shell or source it again.
4. Go to the project directory and create .envrc file.

source .venv/bin/activate

5. Give permission

direnv allow