uv is essentially an improved version of pip, virtualenv and pip-tools, but from the outside it's pretty much the same thing. The CLI imitates most of pip's options too.
It's not like conda, which is a completely different ecosystem, with dodgy integration with pip.
UV isn't "improved" yet, at least not until it reaches some semblance of feature parity. However it's a great experiment and I expect that it will end up being a net benefit to the Python ecosystem.
It aims at replacing them all, including venv, pipx, and more.
> Think: a single binary that bootstraps your Python installation and gives you everything you need to be productive with Python, bundling not only pip, pip-tools, and virtualenv, but also pipx, tox, poetry, pyenv, ruff, and more.
I meant to say what uv is _right now_, which AFAIK is replacement for virtualenv, some of pip, and pip-tools. I understand they have a vision for the future, but I'll believe it when I see it. As it stands, they're already a very useful tool.
It's not like conda, which is a completely different ecosystem, with dodgy integration with pip.