`tox <https://bitbucket.org/hpk42/tox>`_ is an automation tool providing packaging, testing and deployment of Python software right from the console or CI server.

It is a generic virtualenv management and test command line tool which provides the following features:

* Checking that packages install correctly with different Python versions and interpreters

* Running tests in each of the environments, configuring your test tool of choice

* Acting as a frontend to Continuous Integration servers, reducing boilerplate and merging CI and shell-based testing.