Installation

To install Calkit, Git and Python must be installed. If you want to use Docker containers, which is typically a good idea, that should also be installed. For Python, we recommend uv. On Linux, macOS, or Windows Git Bash, you can install Calkit and uv with:

curl -LsSf https://github.com/calkit/calkit/raw/refs/heads/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

Or with Windows Command Prompt or PowerShell:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://github.com/calkit/calkit/raw/refs/heads/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex"

If you already have uv installed, install Calkit with:

uv tool install calkit-python

Alternatively, but less ideally, you can install with your system Python:

pip install calkit-python

Next, connect to a Calkit Hub for collaboration and backup.

Calkit Assistant

For Windows users, the Calkit Assistant app is the easiest way to get everything set up and ready to work in VS Code, which can then be used as the primary app for working on all scientific or analytical computing projects.