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-`Viv` is a standalone dependency-free `venv` creator [^1].
-`Viv` helps you ignore silly things like managing temporary or rarely used virtual environments,
-while still unleashing the full power of Python scripting with its entire ecosystem at your disposal.
-
-`Viv`'s uncompromising insistence on portability means that it will always:
-
-1. only use the standard library
-2. never exceed a single script.
-
-For that reason, any usage of the CLI can be accomplished using a remote copy as seen in the below install command.
-
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 `Viv` is a standalone dependency-free `venv` creator (just needs python + pip).
 `Viv` helps you ignore silly things like managing temporary or rarely used virtual environments,
 while still unleashing the full power of python scripting with it's entire ecosystem at your disposal.