# Introduction to Pika

Pika is a pure-Python implementation of the AMQP 0-9-1 protocol that tries to stay fairly independent of the underlying network support library.

If you have not developed with Pika or RabbitMQ before, the Introduction to Pika documentation is a good place to get started.

## Installing Pika

Pika is available for download via PyPI and may be installed using easy_install or pip:

    pip install pika

or:

    easy_install pika

To install from source, run “python setup.py install” in the root source directory.

## Using Pika

- Introduction to Pika
- Core Class and Module Documentation
- Usage Examples
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Contributors
- Version History

## Indices and tables

- Index
- Module Index
- Search Page