[](https://dev.azure.com/TileDB-Inc/CI/_build/latest?definitionId=1&branchName=dev) [](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/TileDB-Py) # TileDB-Py *TileDB-Py* is a [Python](https://python.org) interface to the [TileDB Storage Engine](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB). # Quick Links * [Installation](https://docs.tiledb.com/developer/installation/quick-install) * [Build Instructions](https://docs.tiledb.com/main/how-to/installation/building-from-source/python) * [TileDB Documentation](https://docs.tiledb.com/main/) * [Python API reference](https://tiledb-inc-tiledb-py.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/stable) # Quick Installation TileDB-Py is available from either [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/tiledb/) with ``pip``: ``` pip install tiledb ``` or from [conda-forge](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/tiledb-py) with [conda](https://conda.io/docs/) or [mamba](https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba#installation): ``` conda install -c conda-forge tiledb-py ``` Dataframes functionality (`tiledb.from_pandas`, `Array.df[]`) requires [Pandas](https://pandas.pydata.org/) 1.0 or higher, and [PyArrow](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/) 1.0 or higher. # Contributing We welcome contributions, please see [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB-Py/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md) for suggestions and development-build instructions. For larger features, please open an issue to discuss goals and approach in order to ensure a smooth PR integration and review process.