From 9c0dfc3c17cde062b85edc669e3487c5afc16ec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mendon Kissling <59585235+mendonk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 08:07:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add uv installation (#5011)

* add-uv-option-to-installation-page

* uv-readme

* quickstart
---
 README.md                                     |  8 ++++++-
 .../Get-Started/get-started-installation.md   | 24 ++++++++++++++++---
 .../Get-Started/get-started-quickstart.md     |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44b85ae06..5211af7da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,12 +39,18 @@
 
 ## 📦 Quickstart
 
-- **Install with pip** (Python 3.10 or greater):
+- **Install with pip** (Python 3.10 to 3.12):
 
 ```shell
 pip install langflow
 ```
 
+- **Install with uv** (Python 3.10 to 3.12):
+
+```shell
+uv pip install langflow
+```
+
 - **Cloud:** DataStax Langflow is a hosted environment with zero setup. [Sign up for a free account.](https://astra.datastax.com/signup?type=langflow)
 - **Self-managed:** Run Langflow in your environment. [Install Langflow](https://docs.langflow.org/get-started-installation) to run a local Langflow server, and then use the [Quickstart](https://docs.langflow.org/get-started-quickstart) guide to create and execute a flow.
 - **Hugging Face:** [Clone the space using this link](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Langflow/Langflow?duplicate=true) to create a Langflow workspace.
diff --git a/docs/docs/Get-Started/get-started-installation.md b/docs/docs/Get-Started/get-started-installation.md
index 7195eaf12..35f5bc9c1 100644
--- a/docs/docs/Get-Started/get-started-installation.md
+++ b/docs/docs/Get-Started/get-started-installation.md
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ You can deploy Langflow either locally or as a hosted service with [**Datastax L
 
 ## Install Langflow locally
 
-Install Langflow locally with [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/) or [pipx](https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/installation/).
+Install Langflow locally with [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/), [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/), or [pipx](https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/installation/).
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
 * [Python 3.10 to 3.12](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3100/) installed
-* [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/) or [pipx](https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/installation/) installed
-* Before installing Langflow, we recommend creating a virtual environment to isolate your Python dependencies with [venv](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html) or [conda](https://anaconda.org/anaconda/conda)
+* [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/), [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/), or [pipx](https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/installation/) installed
+* Before installing Langflow, we recommend creating a virtual environment to isolate your Python dependencies with [venv](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html), [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/pip/environments), or [conda](https://anaconda.org/anaconda/conda)
 
 ### Install Langflow with pip or pipx
 
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ Install Langflow with pip:
 python -m pip install langflow
 ```
 
+Install Langflow with uv:
+
+```bash
+uv pip install langflow
+```
+
 Install Langflow with pipx using the Python 3.10 executable:
 
 ```bash
@@ -38,6 +44,12 @@ pipx install langflow --python python3.10
 python -m langflow run
 ```
 
+To run Langflow with uv, enter the following command.
+
+```bash
+uv run langflow run
+```
+
 2. Confirm that a local Langflow instance starts by visiting `http://127.0.0.1:7860` in a Chromium-based browser.
 
 Now that Langflow is running, follow the [Quickstart](/get-started-quickstart) to create your first flow.
@@ -50,6 +62,12 @@ To upgrade Langflow to the latest version, use the pip upgrade command.
 python -m pip install langflow -U
 ```
 
+To upgrade Langflow to the latest version with uv, use the uv pip upgrade command.
+
+```bash
+uv pip install langflow -U
+```
+
 To install a specific version of the Langflow package, add the required version to the command.
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docs/docs/Get-Started/get-started-quickstart.md b/docs/docs/Get-Started/get-started-quickstart.md
index 23db43286..08945bb37 100644
--- a/docs/docs/Get-Started/get-started-quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/docs/Get-Started/get-started-quickstart.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ slug: /get-started-quickstart
 
 
 * [Python 3.10 to 3.12](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3100/) installed
-* [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/) or [pipx](https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/installation/) installed
-* Before installing Langflow, we recommend creating a virtual environment to isolate your Python dependencies with [venv](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html) or [conda](https://anaconda.org/anaconda/conda)
+* [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/), [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/), or [pipx](https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/installation/) installed
+* Before installing Langflow, we recommend creating a virtual environment to isolate your Python dependencies with [venv](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html), [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/pip/environments), or [conda](https://anaconda.org/anaconda/conda)
 
 ## Create the basic prompting flow