uv/docs/first-steps.md

First steps with uv

uv only provides a command-line interface and must be used from a terminal.

After installing uv, you can check that uv is installed by running the uv command:

$ uv

You should see a help menu listing the available commands.

Viewing the version

To check the installed version:

$ uv version

The following are also valid:

$ uv --version      # Same output as `uv version`
$ uv -V             # Will not include the build commit and date
$ uv pip --version  # Can be used with a subcommand

Help menus

The --help flag can be used to view the help menu for a command, e.g., for uv:

$ uv --help

To view the help menu for a specific command, e.g., for uv init:

$ uv init --help

When using the --help flag, uv displays a condensed help menu. To view a longer help menu for a command, use uv help:

$ uv help

To view the long help menu for a specific command, e.g., for uv init:

$ uv help init

When using the long help menu, uv will attempt to use less or more to "page" the output so it is not all displayed at once. To exit the pager, press q.

Next steps

Now that you've confirmed uv is installed and know how to get help, check out the feature overview to start using uv.