[daenney]

You don't need to install (ana|mini)conda just to get a package manager, would be why I would use Pipenv over Conda. Miniconda alone requires somewhere close to 400MB of space and comes with a whole bunch of extra things I don't need just to manage packages and virtualenvs.

[kalefranz]

The miniconda bootstrap of conda is ~20-30 MB (compressed) depending on platform. It contains only conda and its dependencies, like python and requests. It's how you install conda if you want only conda. The 400 MB number is for the Anaconda Distribution, which is a self contained, single-install, get-all package primarily aimed at scientists and engineers.

[darkarmani]

Don't you mean 45MB windows, and 21 MB OSX?

https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/