Detector Types

The scanner registers detectors in killpy/detectors/__init__.py.

Environment-oriented detectors

• venv: local .venv directories and directories containing pyvenv.cfg
• poetry: Poetry environments stored in the Poetry cache directory
• conda: environments returned by conda env list
• pipx: environments returned by pipx list --json
• pyenv: versions installed under the pyenv versions directory
• pipenv: Pipenv virtual environments
• hatch: Hatch environments
• uv: uv environments
• tox: tox environments

Additional scanner-only categories

• cache: local and global cache directories such as __pycache__, .pytest_cache, .mypy_cache, .ruff_cache, and selected global tool caches
• artifacts: build output directories such as dist, build, .egg-info, and .dist-info

Notes on presentation

• The synchronous scanner and CLI commands can include all detector categories.
• The current TUI explicitly initializes its scanner with environment-oriented detector types plus pipx, not cache and artifact categories.

Notes on deletion

• Tool-managed entries can use an external deletion strategy.
• Most filesystem-backed entries are removed recursively from disk.