Installing

Install the Ubidots CLI on your local machine.

Requirements

• Python 3.12.2 or higher.

Installation

pip install ubidots-cli

Once installed, verify the installation by checking the help menu:

ubidots --help

Optional: Docker for local development

Docker is only needed if you plan to use ubidots functions dev or ubidots pages dev — the local development environments. For cloud operations (push, pull, run, logs, list, get, add, update, delete), Docker is not required.

The functions dev environment replicates the production runtime in a Docker container, which is useful when you need to test against the exact library versions before deploying. The pages dev environment runs a local preview server with hot reload (currently implemented on top of Docker).

If you do want to install Docker, see the platform-specific guides below.

Windows installation troubleshooting

You can use the following resources if you encounter any problems while installing Docker on Windows:

1. Get started with Docker remote containers on WSL 2

2. How to install Linux on Windows with WSL

3. Install Docker Desktop on Windows

macOS installation troubleshooting

Use the following resource to install Docker on macOS:

1. Install Docker Desktop on Mac