Install OpenVINO™ GenAI

OpenVINO GenAI is a tool, simplifying generative AI model inference. It is based on the OpenVINO Runtime, hiding the complexity of the generation process and minimizing the amount of code required. You provide a model and the input context directly to the tool, while it performs tokenization of the input text, executes the generation loop on the selected device, and returns the generated content. For a quickstart guide, refer to the :doc:GenAI API Guide <../../openvino-workflow-generative/inference-with-genai>.

To see OpenVINO GenAI in action, check these Jupyter notebooks: LLM-powered Chatbot <https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino_notebooks/tree/latest/notebooks/llm-chatbot>__ and LLM Instruction-following pipeline <https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino_notebooks/tree/latest/notebooks/llm-question-answering>__.

OpenVINO GenAI is available for installation via PyPI, NPM and Archive distributions. A detailed guide <https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino.genai/blob/releases/2026/0/src/docs/BUILD.md>__ on how to build OpenVINO GenAI is available in the OpenVINO GenAI repository.

PyPI Installation ###############################

To install the GenAI package via PyPI, follow the standard :doc:installation steps <install-openvino-pip>, but use the openvino-genai package instead of openvino:

.. code-block:: python

python -m pip install openvino-genai

NPM Installation ###############################

Install the openvino-genai-node package from NPM. The package will automatically install the required openvino-node dependency with the matching version.

.. code-block:: sh

npm install openvino-genai-node

.. note:: The OpenVINO GenAI Node.js package depends on the OpenVINO Node.js package. These packages must be of the same version to ensure compatibility. The npm installation automatically handles this requirement.

Archive Installation ###############################

The OpenVINO GenAI archive package includes the OpenVINO™ Runtime, as well as :doc:Tokenizers <../../openvino-workflow-generative/ov-tokenizers>. It installs the same way as the standard OpenVINO Runtime, so follow its installation steps, just use the OpenVINO GenAI package instead:

Linux ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

.. tab-set::

.. tab-item:: x86_64 :sync: x86-64

  .. tab-set::

     .. tab-item:: Ubuntu 24.04
        :sync: ubuntu-24

        .. code-block:: sh

           curl -L https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino_genai/packages/2026.1/linux/openvino_genai_ubuntu24_2026.1.0.0_x86_64.tar.gz --output openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.tgz
           tar -xf openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.tgz

     .. tab-item:: Ubuntu 22.04
        :sync: ubuntu-22

        .. code-block:: sh

           curl -L https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino_genai/packages/2026.1/linux/openvino_genai_ubuntu22_2026.1.0.0_x86_64.tar.gz --output openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.tgz
           tar -xf openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.tgz

     .. tab-item:: Ubuntu 20.04
        :sync: ubuntu-20

        .. code-block:: sh

           curl -L https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino_genai/packages/2026.1/linux/openvino_genai_ubuntu20_2026.1.0.0_x86_64.tar.gz  --output openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.tgz
           tar -xf openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.tgz

.. tab-item:: ARM 64-bit :sync: arm-64

  .. code-block:: sh

     curl -L https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino_genai/packages/2026.1/linux/openvino_genai_ubuntu20_2026.1.0.0_arm64.tar.gz --output openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.tgz
     tar -xf openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.tgz

Windows ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

.. code-block:: sh

cd <user_home>/Downloads curl -L https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino_genai/packages/2026.1/windows/openvino_genai_windows_2026.1.0.0_x86_64.zip --output openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.zip

macOS ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

.. tab-set::

.. tab-item:: x86, 64-bit :sync: x86-64

  .. code-block:: sh

     curl -L https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino_genai/packages/2026.1/macos/openvino_genai_macos_12_6_2026.1.0.0_x86_64.tar.gz --output openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.tgz
     tar -xf openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.tgz

.. tab-item:: ARM, 64-bit :sync: arm-64

  .. code-block:: sh

     curl -L https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino_genai/packages/2026.1/macos/openvino_genai_macos_12_6_2026.1.0.0_arm64.tar.gz --output openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.tgz
     tar -xf openvino_genai_2026.1.0.0.tgz

Here are the full guides: :doc:Linux <install-openvino-archive-linux>, :doc:Windows <install-openvino-archive-windows>, and :doc:macOS <install-openvino-archive-macos>.