Installing the Chroma CLI
The Chroma CLI lets you run a Chroma server locally on your machine, install sample apps, browse your collections, interact with your Chroma Cloud DBs, and much more!
When you install our Python or JavaScript package globally, you will automatically get the Chroma CLI.
If you don't use one of our packages, you can still install the CLI as a standalone program with cURL (or iex on Windows).
Python#
You can install Chroma using pip:
Terminal
pip install chromadb
If you're machine does not allow for global pip installs, you can get the Chroma CLI with pipx:
Terminal
pipx install chromadb
JavaScript#
Terminal
yarn global add chromadb
Install Globally#
Terminal
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chroma-core/chroma/main/rust/cli/install/install.sh | bash