Install Guide
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Being a modern Python library, **Pyrogram** requires Python 3.6+ to be installed in your system.
We recommend using the latest versions of both Python 3 and pip.

- Get **Python 3** from https://www.python.org/downloads/ (or with your package manager).
- Get **pip** by following the instructions at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing/.

.. important::

    Pyrogram supports **Python 3** only, starting from version 3.6. **PyPy** is supported too.

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Install Pyrogram
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-   The easiest way to install and upgrade Pyrogram to its latest stable version is by using **pip**:

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        $ pip3 install -U pyrogram

-   or, with :doc:`TgCrypto <../topics/tgcrypto>` as extra requirement (recommended):

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        $ pip3 install -U pyrogram tgcrypto

Bleeding Edge
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Pyrogram is always evolving, although new releases on PyPI are published only when enough changes are added, but this
doesn't mean you can't try new features right now!

In case you'd like to try out the latest Pyrogram features, the `GitHub repo`_ is always kept updated with new changes;
you can install the development version straight from the ``master`` branch using this command (note "master.zip" in
the link):

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    $ pip3 install -U https://github.com/pyrogram/pyrogram/archive/master.zip

Verifying
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To verify that Pyrogram is correctly installed, open a Python shell and import it.
If no error shows up you are good to go.

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    >>> import pyrogram
    >>> pyrogram.__version__
    '|version|'

.. _`Github repo`: http://github.com/pyrogram/pyrogram