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# Roboflow Python Package
[Roboflow](https://roboflow.com) provides everything you need to build and deploy computer vision models. `roboflow-python` is the official Roboflow Python package. `roboflow-python` enables you to interact with models, datasets, and projects hosted on Roboflow.
With this Python package, you can:
1. Create and manage projects;
2. Upload images, annotations, and datasets to manage in Roboflow;
3. Start training vision models on Roboflow;
4. Run inference on models hosted on Roboflow, or Roboflow models self-hosted via [Roboflow Inference](https://github.com/roboflow/inference), and more.
The Python package is documented on the [official Roboflow documentation site](https://docs.roboflow.com/api-reference/introduction). If you are developing a feature for this Python package, or need a full Python library reference, refer to the [package developer documentation](https://roboflow.github.io/roboflow-python/).
## 💻 Installation
You will need to have `Python 3.8` or higher set up to use the Roboflow Python package.
Run the following command to install the Roboflow Python package:
```bash
pip install roboflow
```
For desktop features, use:
```bash
pip install "roboflow[desktop]"
```