In order to install Splinter, make sure Python is installed. Note: only Python 2.7+ is supported.

Download Python from http://www.python.org. If you’re using Linux or Mac OS X, it is probably already installed.

Basically, there are two ways to install Splinter:

If you're interested on an official and almost bug-free version, just run from the Terminal:

$ [sudo] pip install splinter

Otherwise, if you want Splinter's latest-and-greatest features and aren't afraid of running under development code, run:

$ git clone git://github.com/cobrateam/splinter.git
$ cd splinter
$ [sudo] python setup.py install

Notes:

• • make sure you have already :doc:`set up your development environment </contribute/setting-up-your-development-environment>`.
• • in this second case, make sure Git is installed.
• • in order to use Chrome webdriver, you need to :doc:`setup Google Chrome properly </drivers/chrome>`.