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Installation options for Spice.ai OSS

Prerequisites: macOS (Apple Silicon), Linux (x86_64 or aarch64), or Windows 10+/WSL. No other dependencies are required for the pre-built binary.

For deployment options, such as to Kubernetes, see Deployment.

```bash
curl https://install.spiceai.org | /bin/bash
```

### Homebrew

```bash
brew install spiceai/spiceai/spice
```

```bash
iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString("https://install.spiceai.org/Install.ps1"))
```

Direct Download

Binaries for Linux, Windows, and macOS are available for download from GitHub at github.com/spiceai/spiceai/releases.

Verify the installation:

After installing, verify Spice is installed correctly:

Expected output:

CLI version:     1.x.x
Runtime version: 1.x.x

If the command is not found, ensure the Spice binary directory is in your PATH.

What's Next?

After installing, follow the Getting Started guide to initialize a Spice app, connect to a dataset, and run your first query in under 5 minutes.

Building from Source

To build Spice from source, including CUDA and Metal hardware acceleration options, see CONTRIBUTING.md in the Spice.ai GitHub repository.