diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7a8847ff..413dd567 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "miette",
  "rand",
  "rattler_installs_packages",
- "rip",
+ "rip_bin",
  "rusqlite",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
@@ -1802,6 +1802,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rattler_digest",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
+ "resolvo",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_with",
@@ -1982,7 +1983,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "rip"
+name = "rip_bin"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 4.4.5",
@@ -1994,12 +1995,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "miette",
  "rand",
  "rattler_installs_packages",
- "reqwest",
  "resolvo",
- "rusqlite",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "serde_with",
  "tabwriter",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/crates/index/Cargo.toml b/crates/index/Cargo.toml
index 3eab6855..95a6d2cd 100644
--- a/crates/index/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/index/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["native-tls"]
-native-tls = ['rattler_installs_packages/native-tls', 'rip/native-tls']
-rustls-tls = ['rattler_installs_packages/rustls-tls', 'rip/rustls-tls']
+native-tls = ['rattler_installs_packages/native-tls', 'rip_bin/native-tls']
+rustls-tls = ['rattler_installs_packages/rustls-tls', 'rip_bin/rustls-tls']
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.4.5", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ indicatif = "0.17.7"
 miette = { version = "5.10.0", features = ["fancy"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 rattler_installs_packages = { path = "../rattler_installs_packages", default-features = false }
-rip = { path = "../rip", default-features = false }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["bundled"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.107"
 tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = ["rt", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"] }
 url = "2.4.1"
+rip_bin = { path = "../rip_bin", default-features = false }
 
 
 [package.metadata.release]
diff --git a/crates/index/src/main.rs b/crates/index/src/main.rs
index 265c9774..d99aa5ef 100644
--- a/crates/index/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/index/src/main.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ use tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::FmtSpan;
 use tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;
 use url::Url;
 
-use rattler_installs_packages::{Extra, PackageName, PackageRequirement, Wheel};
-use rip::writer::{global_multi_progress, IndicatifWriter};
+use rattler_installs_packages::{
+    normalize_index_url, Extra, PackageName, PackageRequirement, Wheel,
+};
+use rip_bin::{global_multi_progress, IndicatifWriter};
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
@@ -33,14 +35,6 @@ enum Command {
     Index,
     ListExtras,
 }
-fn normalize_index_url(mut url: Url) -> Url {
-    let path = url.path();
-    if !path.ends_with('/') {
-        url.set_path(&format!("{path}/"));
-    }
-    url
-}
-
 pub async fn index(index_url: Url) -> Result<(), miette::Error> {
     let cache_dir = dirs::cache_dir()
         .ok_or_else(|| miette::miette!("failed to determine cache directory"))?
diff --git a/crates/rattler_installs_packages/Cargo.toml b/crates/rattler_installs_packages/Cargo.toml
index bb54abfe..e69cc431 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_installs_packages/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rattler_installs_packages/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "rattler_installs_packages"
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
-authors = ["Bas Zalmstra <zalmstra.bas@gmail.com>"]
+authors = ["Bas Zalmstra <zalmstra.bas@gmail.com>", "Tim de Jager <tdejager89@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Datastructures and algorithms to interact with Python packaging ecosystem"
 categories.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 default = ["native-tls"]
 native-tls = ['reqwest/native-tls']
 rustls-tls = ['reqwest/rustls-tls']
+resolvo-pypi = []
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1.73"
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ tokio-util = { version = "0.7.9", features = ["compat"] }
 tracing = { version = "0.1.37", default-features = false, features = ["attributes"] }
 url = { version = "2.4.1", features = ["serde"] }
 zip = "0.6.6"
+resolvo = "0.1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.3"
diff --git a/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/lib.rs b/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/lib.rs
index dcbaa8e1..8c225d7a 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ mod seek_slice;
 mod specifier;
 mod utils;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "resolvo-pypi")]
+pub mod resolvo_pypi;
+
 pub use file_store::{CacheKey, FileStore};
 pub use package_database::PackageDb;
 
@@ -31,3 +34,5 @@ pub use requirement::{
     marker, PackageRequirement, ParseExtra, PythonRequirement, Requirement, UserRequirement,
 };
 pub use specifier::{CompareOp, Specifier, Specifiers};
+
+pub use utils::normalize_index_url;
diff --git a/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/package_database.rs b/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/package_database.rs
index c923fee8..ba1fe4de 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/package_database.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/package_database.rs
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ mod test {
             .unwrap();
 
         let (_artifact, _metadata) = package_db
-            .get_pep658_metadata::<Wheel>(&artifact_info)
+            .get_pep658_metadata::<Wheel>(artifact_info)
             .await
             .unwrap();
     }
diff --git a/crates/rip/src/pypi_provider.rs b/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/resolvo_pypi.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/rip/src/pypi_provider.rs
rename to crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/resolvo_pypi.rs
index 0d9b71a1..cf579c38 100644
--- a/crates/rip/src/pypi_provider.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/resolvo_pypi.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use rattler_installs_packages::{
+use crate::{
     CompareOp, Extra, NormalizedPackageName, PackageDb, Requirement, Specifier, Specifiers,
     Version, Wheel,
 };
diff --git a/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/utils.rs b/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/utils.rs
index 3933a04f..a9486abc 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_installs_packages/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use futures::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt, AsyncSeekExt};
 use std::io::{Read, Seek, SeekFrom};
 use tokio_util::compat::TokioAsyncReadCompatExt;
+use url::Url;
 
 /// Keep retrying a certain IO function until it either succeeds or until it doesnt return
 /// [`std::io::ErrorKind::Interrupted`].
@@ -72,3 +73,12 @@ impl StreamingOrLocal {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// Normalize url according to pip standards
+pub fn normalize_index_url(mut url: Url) -> Url {
+    let path = url.path();
+    if !path.ends_with('/') {
+        url.set_path(&format!("{path}/"));
+    }
+    url
+}
diff --git a/crates/rip/src/lib.rs b/crates/rip/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c644d7af..00000000
--- a/crates/rip/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-pub mod pypi_provider;
-pub mod writer;
diff --git a/crates/rip/Cargo.toml b/crates/rip_bin/Cargo.toml
similarity index 55%
rename from crates/rip/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/rip_bin/Cargo.toml
index f76e2614..9d516bcd 100644
--- a/crates/rip/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rip_bin/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,42 +1,41 @@
 [package]
-name = "rip"
+name = "rip_bin"
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
-authors = ["Bas Zalmstra <zalmstra.bas@gmail.com>"]
+authors = ["Bas Zalmstra <zalmstra.bas@gmail.com>", "Tim de Jager <tdejager89@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Binary to verify and play around with rattler_installs_packages"
 categories.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 readme.workspace = true
-default-run = "rip"
+default-run = "rip_bin"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [features]
 default = ["native-tls"]
-native-tls = ['reqwest/native-tls', 'rattler_installs_packages/native-tls']
-rustls-tls = ['reqwest/rustls-tls', 'rattler_installs_packages/rustls-tls']
+native-tls = ['rattler_installs_packages/native-tls']
+rustls-tls = ['rattler_installs_packages/rustls-tls']
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.4.5", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.3.23", features = ["derive"] }
 console = { version = "0.15.7", features = ["windows-console-colors"] }
 dirs = "5.0.1"
 indexmap = "2.0.0"
-indicatif = "0.17.7"
+indicatif = "0.17.6"
 itertools = "0.11.0"
 miette = { version = "5.10.0", features = ["fancy"] }
-rand = "0.8.5"
-rattler_installs_packages = { path = "../rattler_installs_packages", default-features = false }
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.20", default-features = false }
+rattler_installs_packages = { path = "../rattler_installs_packages", default-features = false, features = ["resolvo-pypi"] }
 resolvo = "0.1.0"
-rusqlite = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["bundled"] }
+tabwriter = { version = "1.2.1", features = ["ansi_formatting"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.29.1", features = ["rt", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+tracing = "0.1.37"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"]}
+url = "2.4.0"
+rand = "0.8.4"
 serde = "1.0.188"
 serde_json = "1.0.107"
-serde_with = "3.3.0"
-tabwriter = { version = "1.3.0", features = ["ansi_formatting"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = ["rt", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-tracing = "0.1.37"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"] }
-url = "2.4.1"
 
 [package.metadata.release]
 # Dont publish the binary
diff --git a/crates/rip/src/writer.rs b/crates/rip_bin/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/rip/src/writer.rs
rename to crates/rip_bin/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/crates/rip/src/main.rs b/crates/rip_bin/src/main.rs
similarity index 89%
rename from crates/rip/src/main.rs
rename to crates/rip_bin/src/main.rs
index cd8351e7..bb3db76f 100644
--- a/crates/rip/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/rip_bin/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use rip_bin::{global_multi_progress, IndicatifWriter};
 use std::io::Write;
 
 use clap::Parser;
@@ -6,11 +7,11 @@ use resolvo::{DefaultSolvableDisplay, DependencyProvider, Solver};
 use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt, EnvFilter};
 use url::Url;
 
-use rattler_installs_packages::{PackageRequirement, Requirement};
-use rip::{
-    pypi_provider::{PypiDependencyProvider, PypiPackageName},
-    writer::{global_multi_progress, IndicatifWriter},
+use rattler_installs_packages::{
+    normalize_index_url,
+    resolvo_pypi::{PypiDependencyProvider, PypiPackageName},
 };
+use rattler_installs_packages::{PackageRequirement, Requirement};
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
@@ -128,21 +129,3 @@ async fn main() {
         eprintln!("{e:?}");
     }
 }
-
-fn normalize_index_url(mut url: Url) -> Url {
-    let path = url.path();
-    if !path.ends_with('/') {
-        url.set_path(&format!("{path}/"));
-    }
-    url
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod test {
-    use rattler_installs_packages::Version;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn valid_version() {
-        assert!(Version::parse("1.2.1").is_some());
-    }
-}