# VU ### **Cheat Sheet – Virtual Environment Manager** #### Standard ``` python3 -m venv .venv source .venv/bin/activate // Linux .venv\Scripts\activate // Windows ``` ##### Create and Manage Environments
CommandDescription
`vu new `Create a new virtual environment
`vu rm `Delete (remove) an environment
`vu ls`List all virtual environments
`vu cd `Print path to the environment
##### Interactive Environment
CommandDescription
`vu activate `Start a new shell with the environment active
`exit`Exit the activated shell
##### Other Helpful Commands
CommandDescription
`vu which `Show path to Python binary in the env
`vu home`Show the root directory where `vu` stores envs
##### Typical Workflow ``` vu new myproject vu run myproject pip install flask vu run myproject python app.py ``` Or interactively: ``` vu activate myproject # now you're inside the virtualenv python exit ```