On March 19, OpenAI announced that it would acquire Astral, the company behind uv, Ruff, and ty. The Astral team, led by founder Charlie Marsh, will join OpenAI's Codex team. This is big news for the Python ecosystem, and it matters to us at JetBrains. Here's our perspective.

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OpenAI announced the acquisition of Astral, the company behind popular Python tools uv, Ruff, and ty. JetBrains shares its perspective on what this means for PyCharm users: acknowledging the risk that Astral engineers could be redirected to commercial priorities, but noting that all tools are open-source under permissive licenses and can be forked if needed. JetBrains confirms it will continue integrating Ruff, uv, and ty into PyCharm regardless of ownership, and has existing relationships with both the Astral and OpenAI Codex teams.

OpenAI Acquires Astral: What It Means for PyCharm Users