Miniconda#

Miniconda is a free minimal installer for conda. It is a small bootstrap version of Anaconda that includes only conda, Python, the packages they both depend on, and a small number of other useful packages (like pip, zlib, and a few others). If you need more packages, use the conda install command to install from thousands of packages available by default in Anaconda’s public repo, or from other channels, like conda-forge or bioconda.

Is Miniconda the right conda install for you? The Anaconda or Miniconda page lists some reasons why you might want one installation over the other.

Latest Miniconda installer links#

This list of installers is for the latest release of Python: 3.12.2. For installers for older versions of Python, see Other installer links. For an archive of Miniconda versions, see https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/.

Latest - Conda 24.3.0 Python 3.12.2 released Apr 15, 2024#
Platform	Name	SHA256 hash
Windows	Miniconda3 Windows 64-bit	`21b56b75861573ec8ab146d555b20e1ed4462a06aa286d7e92a1cd31acc64dba`
macOS	Miniconda3 macOS Intel x86 64-bit bash	`fd71a4bf03fbb21d4b4d25245f17bef6308dfec478e901a60594dfa02e4605eb`
	Miniconda3 macOS Intel x86 64-bit pkg	`040fe2b7508587a9c55bf27e83cbf25de2639efa449d7b78e6d8a9e52c5074ed`
	Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit bash	`72d4e9198a6884c0bd86cce2b4a3e8abb05415776e3b142c4b1de625bbaf4c50`
	Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit pkg	`1d7505562b59d28872a5d4066a0f44d1714e57f2a953138ed51883af4bde43c4`
Linux	Miniconda3 Linux 64-bit	`96a44849ff17e960eeb8877ecd9055246381c4d4f2d031263b63fa7e2e930af1`
	Miniconda3 Linux-aarch64 64-bit	`05f70cbc89b6caf84e22db836f7696a16b617992eb23d6102acf7651eb132365`
	Miniconda3 Linux-s390x 64-bit	`b601cb8e3ea65a4ed1aecd96d4f3d14aca5b590b2e1ab0ec5c04c825f5c5e439`

Quick command line install#

These quick command line instructions will get you set up quickly with the latest Miniconda installer. For graphical installer (.exe and .pkg) and hash checking instructions, see Installing Miniconda.

Windows

These three commands quickly and quietly install the latest 64-bit version of the installer and then clean up after themselves. To install a different version or architecture of Miniconda for Windows, change the name of the .exe installer in the curl command.

curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Windows-x86_64.exe -o miniconda.exe
start /wait "" miniconda.exe /S
del miniconda.exe

After installing, open the “Anaconda Prompt (miniconda3)” program to use Miniconda3. For the Powershell version, use “Anaconda Powershell Prompt (miniconda3)”.

macOS

These four commands quickly and quietly install the latest M1 macOS version of the installer and then clean up after themselves. To install a different version or architecture of Miniconda for macOS, change the name of the .sh installer in the curl command.

mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh -o ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh

After installing, initialize your newly-installed Miniconda. The following commands initialize for bash and zsh shells:

~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash
~/miniconda3/bin/conda init zsh

Linux

These four commands quickly and quietly install the latest 64-bit version of the installer and then clean up after themselves. To install a different version or architecture of Miniconda for Linux, change the name of the .sh installer in the wget command.

mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh

After installing, initialize your newly-installed Miniconda. The following commands initialize for bash and zsh shells:

~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash
~/miniconda3/bin/conda init zsh