Installation

Hydra needs Python 3.11 or later. Install hydra-ctl from GitHub with uv or pip:

uvpip

uv tool install git+https://github.com/meridiangray/open-hydra

pip install git+https://github.com/meridiangray/open-hydra

Then run hydra-ctl on its own to see the command list.

Updating

To get the latest version:

uvpip

uv tool install --reinstall git+https://github.com/meridiangray/open-hydra

pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall --no-deps git+https://github.com/meridiangray/open-hydra

Removing

uvpip

uv tool uninstall open-hydra

pip uninstall open-hydra

To use Hydra from an AI assistant, install hydra-mcp as well.