CLI Installation

The fastest way to install on macOS and Linux:

curl -fsSL https://deepgram.com/install.sh | sh

The CLI requires Python 3.10 or later. This script detects your OS, uses an available Python package manager, and installs the dg command to your PATH.

In PowerShell:

iwr https://deepgram.com/install.ps1 -useb | iex

On macOS and Linux:

brew tap deepgram/tap
brew install deepgram

The first command adds Deepgram's official tap (deepgram/homebrew-tap); the second installs the CLI from it. After tapping, future installs and upgrades don't need the deepgram/tap/ prefix — brew upgrade deepgram is enough.

Homebrew brings in ffmpeg and portaudio automatically, so dg listen --mic, dg debug probe, and the raw audio piping flows work out of the box without any further setup.

pip install deepctl

pipx install deepctl

uv tool install deepctl

dg --version
dg --help

If you installed via Homebrew:

brew upgrade deepgram

Otherwise, re-run the install script:

curl -fsSL https://deepgram.com/install.sh | sh

Or update via pip:

pip install --upgrade deepctl

brew uninstall deepgram   # Homebrew
pip uninstall deepctl     # pip
uv tool uninstall deepctl # uv

• Python 3.10 or later
• ffmpeg (for audio processing — installed automatically when using Homebrew)