Conda Documentation

Conda provides package, dependency, and environment management for any language. The following documentation site provides all you need to get started with leveraging the power of conda.

Getting started

Learn how to get started using conda with tutorials and quick start guides

https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/stable/user-guide/getting-started.html

Package search

Find all the packages for your project on anaconda.org

https://anaconda.org

Commands

Documentation for all essential conda commands

https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/stable/commands/index.html

Building Packages

Learn how to build and distribute your software with conda

https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda-build/en/stable/index.html

What’s new?

Check out our blog for the latest release notes and other news

https://conda.org/blog

Developer guide

Take deep dives into advanced topics on the internal workings of conda

https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/stable/dev-guide/index.html

Install

We recommend the following conda distributions to install conda:

Miniconda

Miniconda is an installer by Anaconda that comes preconfigured for use with the Anaconda Repository. See the notes about Anaconda’s Terms of Service.

Windows x86_64

macOS arm64 (Apple Silicon)

macOS x86_64 (Intel)

Linux x86_64 (amd64)

Linux aarch64 (arm64)

Or with Homebrew:

brew install miniconda

Miniforge

Miniforge is an installer maintained by the conda-forge community that comes preconfigured for use with the conda-forge channel.

Windows x86_64

macOS arm64 (Apple Silicon)

macOS x86_64 (Intel)

Linux x86_64 (amd64)

Linux aarch64 (arm64)

Or with Homebrew:

brew install miniforge

For more detailed instructions, see Miniconda's installation guide and conda-forge's download site.

Projects

conda

Conda provides all essential commands for creating and using environments

https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/stable/

conda build

Conda build provides many tools that can be used to build conda packages

https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda-build/en/stable/

Miniconda

Miniconda is a conda installer provided by Anaconda

https://docs.anaconda.com/free/miniconda/

conda lock

Conda lock generates fully reproducible lock files for conda environments

https://conda.github.io/conda-lock/

constructor

Constructor builds OS-specific installers for conda packages

https://conda.github.io/constructor/

conda pack

Conda pack creates distributable archives of conda environments

https://conda.github.io/conda-pack/