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CLI		Windows · Linux · macOS
VS Code Extension		Marketplace

Contributing to this repo? See AGENTS.md for coding standards and docs/ for contributor documentation.

Using azd with an AI coding assistant? Check out the docs and templates.

Install or upgrade to the latest version. For advanced scenarios, see the installer docs.

# Using winget (recommended)
winget install microsoft.azd

# Or Chocolatey
choco install azd

# Or install script
powershell -ex AllSigned -c "Invoke-RestMethod 'https://aka.ms/install-azd.ps1' | Invoke-Expression"

brew install --cask azure/azd/azd

Note: If upgrading from a non-Homebrew installation, remove the existing azd binary first.

curl -fsSL https://aka.ms/install-azd.sh | bash

Enable tab completion for bash, zsh, fish, or powershell:

azd completion <shell> --help

curl -fsSL https://aka.ms/uninstall-azd.sh | bash

This software may collect usage data and send it to Microsoft to help improve our products. You can opt out by setting:

export AZURE_DEV_COLLECT_TELEMETRY=no

See the Microsoft Privacy Statement for details.

We welcome contributions! Please see our contributing guide for details.

Most contributions require a Contributor License Agreement (CLA). A bot will guide you through this when you open a PR.

This project follows the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. Questions? Contact opencode@microsoft.com.

Microsoft employees and partners contributing official templates should follow the template standardization guidelines.

This project may contain Microsoft trademarks or logos. Use of these must follow Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines. Third-party trademarks are subject to their respective policies.

Licensed under the MIT license.