pip

pip is the PyPA-recommended package installer for Python. It installs packages from the Python Package Index (PyPI) and other indexes, supporting wheels, source distributions, VCS URLs, and local paths. Current version is 26.0.1 (bundled with CPython via ensurepip). Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence aligned with CPython releases. pip is primarily a CLI tool; it intentionally exposes no stable programmatic Python API.