# Installation

## Platform options

To be able to use Cohere’s models, first choose the platform where you want to access the model from. Cohere's models are available on the following platforms:

| Platform            | Description                                                                                                                           | Setup Guide                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Cohere Platform     | The fastest way to start using Cohere’s models. Hosted on Cohere infrastructure and available on our public SaaS platform.            | [Sign up](https://dashboard.cohere.com/welcome/register) and get an [API key](https://dashboard.cohere.com/api-keys) (trial key available)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Model Vault         | A Cohere product for dedicated, managed inference: a single-tenant deployment you provision from the dashboard and call over the API. | [Model Vault docs](/guides/model-vault-overview)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Private Deployments | For enterprises looking to deploy the Cohere stack privately on the cloud or on-prem.                                                 | [Setup guide](/guides/deployment-options-single-container-on-private-clouds)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Cloud deployments   | Managed services from cloud providers that enable access to Cohere's models.                                                          | • [Amazon Bedrock](/guides/deployment-options-cohere-on-aws-amazon-bedrock#prerequisites)<br>• [Amazon SageMaker](/guides/deployment-options-cohere-on-aws-amazon-sagemaker-setup-guide#prerequisites)<br>• [Azure AI Foundry](/guides/deployment-options-cohere-on-microsoft-azure#prerequisites)<br>• [Oracle OCI](/guides/deployment-options-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-oci-2) |

## Model usage

You can then use the models via these options:

- [SDK](/guides/cohere-api-about#sdks). We support the following SDKs:
  - [Python](https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-python)
  - [TypeScript](https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-typescript)
  - [Java](https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-java)
  - [Go](https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-go)
- [Playground](/guides/cohere-platform-get-started-playground-overview)

## Installation

To install the Cohere SDK, choose from the following 4 languages:

::::tabs
:::tab{title="Python"}
```bash
pip install -U cohere
```

[Source](https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-python)
:::

:::tab{title="TypeScript"}
```bash
npm i -s cohere-ai
```

[Source](https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-typescript)
:::

:::tab{title="Java"}
```gradle
implementation 'com.cohere:cohere-java:1.x.x'
```

[Source](https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-java)
:::

:::tab{title="Go"}
```bash
go get github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-go/v2
```

[Source](https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-go)
:::
::::

## Related pages

- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Cohere](../index.md)
- [Cohere API](./cohere-api-index.md)
- [Cohere Labs](./cohere-labs-index.md)
- [Cohere Platform](./cohere-platform-index.md)
- [Cookbooks](./cookbooks-index.md)
- [Deployment Options](./deployment-options-index.md)
- [Embeddings (Vectors, Search, Retrieval)](./embeddings-vectors-search-retrieval-index.md)
- [Get Started](./get-started-index.md)
- [Going to Production](./going-to-production-index.md)

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