# [Installing Ruff](#installing-ruff)

Ruff is available as [`ruff`](https://pypi.org/project/ruff/) on PyPI.

Ruff can be invoked directly with [`uvx`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/):

```
uvx ruff@0.17.2 check   # Lint all files in the current directory.
uvx ruff@0.17.2 format  # Format all files in the current directory.
```

Or installed with `uv` (recommended), `pip`, or `pipx`:

```
$ # Install Ruff globally.
$ uv tool install ruff@latest

$ # Or add Ruff to your project.
$ uv add --dev ruff

$ # With pip.
$ pip install ruff

$ # With pipx.
$ pipx install ruff
```

Once installed, you can run Ruff from the command line:

```
$ ruff check   # Lint all files in the current directory.
$ ruff format  # Format all files in the current directory.
```

Starting with version `0.5.0`, Ruff can also be installed with our standalone installers:

```
$ # On macOS and Linux.
$ curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/ruff/install.sh | sh

$ # On Windows.
$ powershell -c "irm https://astral.sh/ruff/install.ps1 | iex"

$ # For a specific version.
$ curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/ruff/0.5.0/install.sh | sh
$ powershell -c "irm https://astral.sh/ruff/0.5.0/install.ps1 | iex"
```

For **macOS Homebrew** and **Linuxbrew** users, Ruff is also available as [`ruff`](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ruff) on Homebrew:

```
$ brew install ruff
```

For **Conda** users, Ruff is also available as [`ruff`](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/ruff) on `conda-forge`:

```
$ conda install -c conda-forge ruff
```

For **pkgx** users, Ruff is also available as [`ruff`](https://pkgx.dev/pkgs/github.com/charliermarsh/ruff/) on the `pkgx` registry:

```
$ pkgx install ruff
```

For **Arch Linux** users, Ruff is also available as [`ruff`](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/ruff/) on the official repositories:

```
$ pacman -S ruff
```

For **Alpine** users, Ruff is also available as [`ruff`](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/edge/community/x86_64/ruff) on the community repositories:

```
$ apk add ruff
```

For **openSUSE Tumbleweed** users, Ruff is also available in the distribution repository:

```
$ sudo zypper install python3-ruff
```

On **Docker**, it is published as `ghcr.io/astral-sh/ruff`, tagged for each release and `latest` for the latest release.

```
$ docker run -v .:/io --rm ghcr.io/astral-sh/ruff check
$ docker run -v .:/io --rm ghcr.io/astral-sh/ruff:0.3.0 check

$ # Or, for Podman on SELinux.
$ docker run -v .:/io:Z --rm ghcr.io/astral-sh/ruff check
```