# BiTIA Installation BiTIA CLI is the Command Interface Tool which helps in getting user inputs with commands, directories and required files. It sends tasks to the server, where bitia-runner processes them and generates results. **To work with BiTIA, we need to install bitia-cli and submit tasks to the server** ## Installing bitia Installing bitia is very simple, you only need to have [python-pip] installed in your system BiTIA CLI is available on [PyPi] as [BiTIA]. Ensure you have a working pip with python installed. You can accomplish this by executing the following commands and confirming that the output looks similar ``` bash $ python --version Python 3.N.N $ pip --version pip X.Y.Z from ... (python 3.N.N) ``` If that worked, congratulations! You have a working pip in your environment. To Install **BiTIA** using pip, run this command: ```{eval-rst} .. tabs:: .. tab:: Linux $ python3 -m pip install bitia .. tab:: MacOS $ python3 -m pip install bitia .. tab:: Windows $ python3 -m pip install bitia ``` [BiTIA]: https://pypi.org/project/bitia/ [Pypi]: https://pypi.org/ [install Python]: https://realpython.com/installing-python/ [python-pip]: https://pypi.org/project/pip/