# Installation Quilt has two user-facing components: * A Python client * A web catalog ## Python client Python 3.10 or higher is required. ```bash $ pip install 'quilt3[pyarrow]' ``` If you do not need to serialize and deserialize dataframes with Quilt, you can obtain a smaller install, useful in disk-constrained environments like AWS Lambda, with `pip install quilt3`. If you plan to use [Quilt Catalog Local Development Mode](Catalog/LocalMode.md), add `catalog` extra while installing `quilt3`, e.g.: ```bash $ pip install 'quilt3[catalog,pyarrow]' ``` If you wish to use AWS resources, such as S3 buckets, you will need valid AWS credentials. If this is your first time using the AWS CLI, run the following: ```bash $ aws configure ``` For AWS CLI v2 installation, use the [official AWS CLI install guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html). If you are already using the AWS CLI, you may use your existing profile, or [create a new profile](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-multiple-profiles.html). ### Developer Install the current Quilt client from `master`: ```bash $ pip install git+https://github.com/quiltdata/quilt.git#subdirectory=api/python ``` ## Enterprise Installation For installing the Quilt catalog and stack (enterprise deployment on AWS), see the [Catalog Installation Guide](Catalog/Installation.md).