# Julia-forge, a conda channel for official Julia

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-forge-a-conda-channel-for-official-julia/138511>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** conda, pixi\
**Created:** [July 28, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-forge-a-conda-channel-for-official-julia/138511 "2026-07-28T13:08:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![mattsignorelli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mattsignorelli/32/221502_2.png) [@mattsignorelli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mattsignorelli)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-forge-a-conda-channel-for-official-julia/138511/2 "2026-08-02T20:53:02Z")

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> [@Pre-built binaries via the registry](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pre-built-binaries-via-the-registry/134515):
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> Right now precompilation is run on users’ computers after they add a package. Sometimes these can take a very long time (e.g. Makie.jl or DifferentialEquations.jl). Sure, you only have to do it once, but then you have to do it again every time there is an update. And whether you like it or not, it will make new users immediately think “Wow, it takes seconds to conda install something, Julia is comparatively so slow”. Also thinking about [this recent post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Julia/comments/1pka4gw/so_wth_is_wrong_with_julia/). In my view, such frustrations are comple…

I’ve found that currently having to wait centuries to precompile when installing/updating/adding packages is a major pain point for me and many new users I work with, as they always compare to the instant downloads achieved with Python packages. I would love a solution to this problem

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