conda info command displays information about the current conda installation, including version information, environment details, configuration files, and system information.
Syntax
Options
-a, --all
Show all information including environment variables and system details.
--base
Display the base environment path.
-e, --envs
List all known conda environments. Combine with --json to obtain more details including creation time, last modified time, and size information.
-s, --system
List environment variables and system information.
--size
Show conda-managed disk usage for each environment (excludes untracked files created after installation). Can only be used with --envs.
--unsafe-channels
Display list of channels with tokens exposed.
--json
Report all output as JSON. Suitable for programmatic use.
--offline
(Deprecated) Run in offline mode.
Output Information
When run without arguments,conda info displays:
- Active environment: Current active environment name and location
- Shell level: Current conda shell level (CONDA_SHLVL)
- User config file: Location of user .condarc file
- Populated config files: All .condarc files being used
- Conda version: Installed conda version
- Conda-build version: Installed conda-build version (if available)
- Python version: Python version information
- Solver: Current solver being used (classic or libmamba)
- Virtual packages: System virtual packages detected
- Base environment: Location and writability of base environment
- Conda av data dir: Location of artifact verification data
- Conda av metadata url: URL for artifact verification metadata
- Channel URLs: Configured channels
- Package cache: Location of package cache directories
- Envs directories: Directories where environments are stored
- Temporary directory: System temporary directory
- Platform: Current platform/subdir
- User-agent: Conda user agent string
- Administrator/UID:GID: User permissions information
- Netrc file: Location of netrc file (if configured)
- Offline mode: Whether offline mode is enabled
Common Use Cases
Display basic conda information
Get an overview of your conda installation:List all environments
See all available conda environments:Get base environment path
Useful for scripting:Check environment sizes
See how much disk space each environment is using:The
--size option only counts conda-managed files and excludes any files created after package installation.View system information
See environment variables and system details:- Python sys.version, sys.prefix, and sys.executable
- Conda location and related executables
- User site directories
- All CONDA_, PYTHON_, and *_PATH environment variables
- Proxy settings (values hidden for security)