# pip-upgrade > Made in Rust 🦀 This tool is designed to help you upgrade your globally installed Python packages ## Installation ```bash cargo install pip-upgrade ``` ## Available Commands ### `pip-upgrade` This command will upgrade all of your installed Python packages to the latest version. ![upgrade.gif](https://github.com/Araxeus/pip-upgrade/raw/master/assets/upgrade.gif "Upgrade command") ### `pip-upgrade --outdated` This command will show you if any of your installed Python packages are out of date. alias: `pip-upgrade -o` or `pip-upgrade o` or `pip-upgrade outdated` ![outdated.gif](https://github.com/Araxeus/pip-upgrade/raw/master/assets/outdated.gif "--outdated command") ### How it works To get outdated packages, it will parse `pip list --outdated --format=json` Then if upgrading, it will run `pip install --upgrade `.