# tox 0.5: a generic virtualenv and test management tool for Python

I have been talking about with various people in the last year and am happy to now announce the first release of `tox`. It aims to automate tedious Python related test activities driven from a simple `tox.ini` file, including:

- creation and management of different virtualenv environments
- installing your package into each of them
- running your test tool of choice (including e.g. running sphinx checks)
- testing packages against each other without needing to upload to PyPI

`tox` runs well on Python2.4 up until Python3.1 and integrates well with Continuous Integration servers Jenkins. There are many real-life examples and a good chunk of docs. Read it up on

> http://codespeak.net/tox

and please report any issues. This is a fresh project and i’d like to drive further improvements from real world needs.

best,

holger krekel