Install OpenVINO™ 2026.1

.. meta:: :description: install OpenVINO Runtime package, using the distribution channel of your choice.

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OpenVINO GenAI <install-openvino/install-openvino-genai> OpenVINO Runtime on Linux <install-openvino/install-openvino-linux> OpenVINO Runtime on Windows <install-openvino/install-openvino-windows> OpenVINO Runtime on macOS <install-openvino/install-openvino-macos> Create an OpenVINO Yocto Image <install-openvino/install-openvino-yocto> Additional Hardware Setup and Troubleshooting <install-openvino/configurations>

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OpenVINO 2026.1, described here, is not a Long-Term-Support version! All currently supported versions are:

• 2026.1 (development)
• 2024.6 (maintenance)

.. dropdown:: Effortless GenAI integration with OpenVINO GenAI

OpenVINO GenAI streamlines application development by providing LLM-specific interfaces for easy integration of language models, handling tokenization and text generation. For installation and usage instructions, check :doc:OpenVINO GenAI installation <../openvino-workflow-generative> and :doc:inference with OpenVINO GenAI <../openvino-workflow-generative/inference-with-genai>.

.. dropdown:: Building OpenVINO from Source

OpenVINO Toolkit source files are available on GitHub as open source. If you want to build your own version of OpenVINO for your platform, follow the OpenVINO Build Instructions <https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino/blob/master/docs/dev/build.md>__.