Installation¶

Install pymdm for development or deployment.

Install from PyPI¶

$ uv pip install pymdm

With webhook support (requests):

$ uv pip install pymdm[requests]

pip

$ pip install pymdm

With webhook support (requests):

$ pip install pymdm[requests]

MacAdmins Python

For environments using MacAdmins Python (/usr/local/bin/managed_python3):

$ /usr/local/bin/managed_python3 -m pip install --force-reinstall --upgrade pymdm

Note

MacAdmins Python includes requests in its standard library, so the [requests] extra is not needed.

Install from Source¶

$ git clone https://github.com/liquidz00/pymdm.git
$ cd pymdm
$ uv pip install -e .

pip

$ git clone https://github.com/liquidz00/pymdm.git
$ cd pymdm
$ pip install -e .

Development¶

$ git clone https://github.com/liquidz00/pymdm.git
$ cd pymdm
$ make install     # Install with dev dependencies (includes docs tooling)
$ make test        # Run tests
$ make format      # Format code with ruff
$ make docs        # Build documentation locally

Fleet Deployment¶

To deploy pymdm to managed Macs via Jamf Pro policy:

/usr/local/bin/managed_python3 -m pip install --force-reinstall --upgrade pymdm

This command can be added as a script payload in a Jamf Pro policy scoped to your managed endpoints.