Install via pip

Install Bivvy using pip.

Installation

pip install bivvy

Requirements

• Python 3.8 or later

Supported Platforms

OS	Architecture
macOS	x64 (Intel), arm64 (Apple Silicon)
Linux	x64, arm64

Windows is not yet supported via pip. The pip wrapper downloads a .tar.gz archive on first run, but the Windows release artifact is distributed as a .zip. Windows users should install Bivvy under WSL or use one of the other installation methods.

How It Works

The pip package downloads the native Bivvy binary on first run and provides a Python wrapper that executes it. The binary is cached in the package directory for subsequent runs.

Version pinning. The pip wrapper currently pins the binary version it downloads to a specific release embedded in the package, which may lag behind the latest Bivvy release. Running pip install --upgrade bivvy will pick up a newer wrapper (and the binary it pins) only when a new wrapper is published. If you need the very latest Bivvy, use the curl installer, Cargo, or download a release binary directly.

Virtual Environments

You can install Bivvy in a virtual environment:

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install bivvy

Updating

pip install --upgrade bivvy

This upgrades the wrapper package. The Bivvy binary version that gets downloaded is determined by the wrapper, not by pip (see How It Works).

Uninstalling

pip uninstall bivvy