To create a .venv folder in your local project directory, use Python’s built-in venv module.

Steps

1. Open your terminal (Command Prompt, PowerShell, Bash, etc.).

2. Navigate to your project folder:

cd path/to/your/project

3. Create the virtual environment:

python -m venv .venv

or

python3 -m venv .venv

This will create a folder named .venv inside your project.

Activating the environment

Windows (PowerShell)

.\.venv\Scripts\Activate

Windows (CMD)

.\.venv\Scripts\activate.bat

macOS / Linux

source .venv/bin/activate

Deactivating

deactivate