# Installation

The recommended method to install Levenshtein is by using `pip` (the Python package manager)

## using pip

Levenshtein can be installed with `pip`:

    pip install levenshtein

There are pre-built binaries (wheels) of Levenshtein for MacOS (10.9 and later), Linux x86_64 and Windows.

## from git

Levenshtein can be directly used from GitHub by cloning the repository which might be useful when you want to work on it:

    git clone https://github.com/rapidfuzz/Levenshtein.git
    cd Levenshtein
    pip install .