# Install snapdir for Python

The Python binding ships as a prebuilt `abi3` wheel with the Rust core compiled
in, so a single `pip install` gives you the full snapshot API with zero build
tools — no Rust toolchain, no C compiler, no system packages. One wheel covers
every CPython 3.10 and newer.

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## Install

Install from PyPI:

```sh
pip install snapdir
```

Requires Python 3.10 or newer. The published package is an `abi3` wheel — one
wheel works across all CPython versions from 3.10 up, and PyPI serves prebuilt
`manylinux` and `musllinux` wheels for x86-64 and aarch64 plus macOS. There is
nothing to compile: install from the registry and you are done.

## Platform support

Every binding runs on Linux (glibc and Alpine/musl, x86-64 and aarch64) and
macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon). Python is no exception — the `musllinux` wheel
runs on Alpine with no compiler, and each release is CI-verified from PyPI on
`python:3.12-alpine`. Windows is unsupported: snapdir is Unix-only.

| Platform | Supported |
| --- | --- |
| Linux glibc (x64 + arm64) | yes |
| Linux musl / Alpine (x64 + arm64) | yes |
| macOS (Intel + Apple Silicon) | yes |
| Windows | no |

Only Java carries a libc caveat (glibc-only, musl planned for 1.11.1); the
Python wheel has no such restriction.

## Next

- [Python quickstart](/quickstart/python/) — a 60-second push/pull round-trip.
- [snapdir for Python](/bindings/python/) — the full binding reference.