Installation

How to install skene using uvx, pip, or from source.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11 or later. Check your version with python3 --version.

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Option 1: uvx (Recommended)

uvx runs Python CLI tools without installing them globally. This is the fastest way to start using skene.

If you don't have uv installed yet:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Then run any skene command directly:

uvx skene analyze .
uvx skene plan

No pip install needed. uvx downloads the package into an isolated environment on first run and caches it for subsequent calls.

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Option 2: pip

Install skene into your current Python environment:

pip install skene

After installation, the skene and skene commands are available on your PATH:

skene analyze .
skene chat

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Option 3: From source

Clone the repository and install in development mode:

git clone https://github.com/SkeneTechnologies/skene.git
cd skene

Using uv (recommended):

uv sync

Using pip:

pip install -e .

To include all optional dependencies:

pip install -e ".[mcp,ui]"

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Optional extras

Install extras for additional functionality:

# With uvx (use --from to specify extras)
uvx --from "skene[mcp]" skene-mcp

# With uv
uv pip install skene[mcp]

# With pip
pip install skene[mcp]
pip install skene[mcp,ui]

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Verifying the installation

Run the version check to confirm everything is working:

skene --version

Expected output:

skene 0.2.1

If you used uvx:

uvx skene --version

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Next steps

Proceed to the Quickstart to configure an LLM provider and run your first codebase analysis.