uv/docs/getting-started/installation.md

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:

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

$ powershell -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

By default, uv is installed to ~/.cargo/bin.

!!! tip

The installation script may be inspected before use:

```console title="macOS and Linux"
$ curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | less
```

```console title="Windows"
$ powershell -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | more"
```

Alternatively, the installer or binaries can be downloaded directly from [GitHub](#github-releases).

Request a specific version by including it in the URL:

$ curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/0.3.4/install.sh | sh

$ powershell -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/0.3.4/install.ps1 | iex"

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 uv

!!! note

uv ships with prebuilt distributions (wheels) for many platforms; if a wheel is not available for a given
platform, uv will be built from source, which requires a Rust toolchain. See the
[contributing setup guide](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#setup)
for details on building uv from source.

Homebrew

uv is available in the core Homebrew packages.

$ brew install uv

Docker

uv provides a Docker image at ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv.

See our guide on using uv in Docker for more details.

GitHub Releases

uv release artifacts can be downloaded directly from GitHub Releases.

Each release page includes binaries for all supported platforms as well as instructions for using the standalone installer via github.com instead of astral.sh.

Upgrading uv

When uv is installed via the standalone installer, it can update itself on-demand:

$ uv self update

When another installation method is used, self-updates are disabled. Use the package manager's upgrade method instead. For example, with pip:

$ pip install --upgrade uv

Shell autocompletion

To enable shell autocompletion for uv commands, run one of the following:

=== "Linux and macOS"

```bash
# Determine your shell (e.g., with `echo $SHELL`), then run one of:
echo 'eval "$(uv generate-shell-completion bash)"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(uv generate-shell-completion zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'uv generate-shell-completion fish | source' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish
echo 'eval (uv generate-shell-completion elvish | slurp)' >> ~/.elvish/rc.elv
```

=== "Windows"

```powershell
Add-Content -Path $PROFILE -Value '(& uv generate-shell-completion powershell) | Out-String | Invoke-Expression'
```

Then restart the shell or source the shell config file.

Uninstallation

If you need to remove uv from your system, just remove the uv and uvx binaries:

$ rm ~/.cargo/bin/uv ~/.cargo/bin/uvx

!!! tip

You may want to remove data that uv has stored before removing the binaries:

```console
$ uv cache clean
$ rm -r "$(uv python dir)"
$ rm -r "$(uv tool dir)"
```

Next steps

See the first steps or jump straight to the guides to start using uv.