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Installing uv

Installation methods

Install uv with our standalone installers or your package manager of choice.

Standalone installer

uv provides a standalone installer to download and install uv:

Use curl to download the script and execute it with sh:

$ curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

If your system doesn't have curl, you can use wget:

$ wget -qO- https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Request a specific version by including it in the URL:

$ curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/0.11.20/install.sh | sh

Use irm to download the script and execute it with iex:

PS> powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

Changing the execution policy allows running a script from the internet.

Request a specific version by including it in the URL:

PS> powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/0.11.20/install.ps1 | iex"

Tip

The installation script may be inspected before use:

$ curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | less

PS> powershell -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | more"

Alternatively, the installer or binaries can be downloaded directly from GitHub.

See the reference documentation on the installer for details on customizing your uv installation.

PyPI

For convenience, uv is published to PyPI.

If installing from PyPI, we recommend installing uv into an isolated environment, e.g., with pipx:

$ pipx install uv

However, pip can also be used:

$ pip install