# Installation
source: https://docs.chalk.ai/docs/chalkdf/installation

## Install chalkdf to access DataFrame utilities.

chalkdf is a DataFrame library that provides utilities for building fast, portable data pipelines
on top of Apache Arrow--powered by Chalk's libchalk execution engine.

### Installation

To install chalkdf, check the following requirements:

- Python 3.10-3.13
- Linux/macOS 15+

Install from PyPI:

```
pip install "chalkdf[chalkpy]"
```

Alternatively, download platform-specific wheels directly from PyPI.