# Installation

> UForm for Python

```sh
pip install uform
```

The wheels carry the CPU library.
A build from source compiles the C library and the extension through `scikit-build-core`, and the suites run against the stub library alone:

```sh
pip install . -C cmake.define.UFORM_BUILD_STUB=ON
uv run pytest test/python
```

`import uform`

## version

The library's semantic version.

```python
def version() -> str
```

Calls `uform_version_name`.