Building a Better conda CLI: A Vision
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A vision for conda in 2026 is a package manager that is fast (real-time progress, sharded repodata, lighter shell integration, Rattler integration), trusted (better error messages, smarter confirmation friction, streaming output), and delightful (sensible defaults, helpful suggestions, intentional visuals, accessibility). Beyond the core CLI, the roadmap includes native PyPI wheel support, declarative conda.toml project environments, single-binary installers, and a comprehensive API for IDE and agent integrations.