Install Guide¶

Being a modern Python framework, Hydrogram requires an up to date version of Python to be installed in your system. We recommend using the latest versions of both Python 3 and pip.

Install Hydrogram¶

The easiest way to install and upgrade Hydrogram to its latest stable version is by using pip:
```
$ pip3 install -U hydrogram
```
or, with TgCrypto as extra requirement (recommended):
```
$ pip3 install -U hydrogram tgcrypto
```

Bleeding Edge¶

You can install the development version from the git dev branch using this command:

$ pip3 install -U https://github.com/hydrogram/hydrogram/archive/dev.zip

Verifying¶

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

>>> import hydrogram
>>> hydrogram.__version__
'x.y.z'