1 # Building and installing Python bindings
3 Python bindings are available as wheels on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/google-benchmark/) for importing and
4 using Google Benchmark directly in Python.
5 Currently, pre-built wheels exist for macOS (both ARM64 and Intel x86), Linux x86-64 and 64-bit Windows.
6 Supported Python versions are Python 3.8 - 3.12.
8 To install Google Benchmark's Python bindings, run:
11 python -m pip install --upgrade pip # for manylinux2014 support
12 python -m pip install google-benchmark
15 In order to keep your system Python interpreter clean, it is advisable to run these commands in a virtual
16 environment. See the [official Python documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html)
17 on how to create virtual environments.
19 To build a wheel directly from source, you can follow these steps:
21 git clone https://github.com/google/benchmark.git
23 # create a virtual environment and activate it
24 python3 -m venv venv --system-site-packages
25 source venv/bin/activate # .\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 on Windows
27 # upgrade Python's system-wide packages
28 python -m pip install --upgrade pip build
29 # builds the wheel and stores it in the directory "dist".
33 NB: Building wheels from source requires Bazel. For platform-specific instructions on how to install Bazel,
34 refer to the [Bazel installation docs](https://bazel.build/install).