id,page,ref,title,content,breadcrumbs,references installation:installation-datasette-desktop,installation,installation-datasette-desktop,Datasette Desktop for Mac,Datasette Desktop is a packaged Mac application which bundles Datasette together with Python and allows you to install and run Datasette directly on your laptop. This is the best option for local installation if you are not comfortable using the command line.,"[""Installation"", ""Basic installation""]","[{""href"": ""https://datasette.io/desktop"", ""label"": ""Datasette Desktop""}]" installation:installation-homebrew,installation,installation-homebrew,Using Homebrew,"If you have a Mac and use Homebrew , you can install Datasette by running this command in your terminal: brew install datasette This should install the latest version. You can confirm by running: datasette --version You can upgrade to the latest Homebrew packaged version using: brew upgrade datasette Once you have installed Datasette you can install plugins using the following: datasette install datasette-vega If the latest packaged release of Datasette has not yet been made available through Homebrew, you can upgrade your Homebrew installation in-place using: datasette install -U datasette","[""Installation"", ""Basic installation""]","[{""href"": ""https://brew.sh/"", ""label"": ""Homebrew""}]" installation:installation-pip,installation,installation-pip,Using pip,"Datasette requires Python 3.8 or higher. The Python.org Python For Beginners page has instructions for getting started. You can install Datasette and its dependencies using pip : pip install datasette You can now run Datasette like so: datasette","[""Installation"", ""Basic installation""]","[{""href"": ""https://www.python.org/about/gettingstarted/"", ""label"": ""Python.org Python For Beginners""}]"