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Installation


Important

In addition to installing the tool itself, you will also need to use a modern terminal emulator such as:

GitHub releases

Each release provides the following:

  • Standalone binaries for Linux, Windows, and macOS
  • Windows AMD64 (64-bit) MSI installer
  • Windows x86 (32-bit) MSI installer
  • Windows universal (AMD64+x86) EXE installer
  • macOS DMG installer

pipx

pipx allows for the global installation of Python applications in isolated environments.

pipx install ddqa

pip

DDQA is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip.

pip install ddqa

Warning

This method modifies the Python environment in which you choose to install. Consider instead using pipx to avoid dependency conflicts.

Testing a pull request

To try out changes from an open pull request before it's merged and released, install directly from the branch with pip or pipx, referencing the contributor's fork/branch name (shown at the top of the PR):

pipx install "git+https://github.com/DataDog/ddqa.git@<branch-name>"

or, to upgrade an existing pipx install:

pipx install --force "git+https://github.com/DataDog/ddqa.git@<branch-name>"

Once installed, ddqa behaves like any other install — see Configuration to set up credentials, and Repository configuration for repo-level settings. To go back to the released version afterwards, reinstall from PyPI:

pipx install --force ddqa

Last update: September 8, 2026