# Installation ## Python AutoGen requires **Python version >= 3.8**. It can be installed from pip: ```bash pip install pyautogen ``` ### Optional Dependencies * docker We strongly recommend using docker for code execution or running AutoGen in a docker container (e.g., when developing in GitHub codespace, the autogen runs in a docker container). To use docker for code execution, you also need to install the python package `docker`: ```bash pip install docker ``` * blendsearch ```bash pip install "pyautogen[blendsearch]" ```