Installing Private Python Packages Hosted on GitHub

Overview

Use pip and virtual environments to install private python packages hosted on GitHub.

Workflow

Installing packages

Add the package to either requirements-to-install.txt or requirements.txt:

git+https://github.com/johnf1004/my_package.git
git+https://github.com/johnf1004/my_package.git@alternate-branch

Install with pip:

$ pip install -r requirements-to-install.txt --upgrade

At this point, validation errors will be displayed if GitHub credentials haven't been configured.

Configuring GitHub credentials

Install the GitHub CLI.

$ brew install gh

Enter credentials:

$ gh autho login

At this point pip should be able to install from the private repo.

More information

• Pip install with requirements.txt from private repo prompting for password - Stack Overflow
• GitHub personal access tokens - Wiki