Installation

Basic Installation

Users can install Prism with pip:

$ pip install --upgrade pip
$ pip install prism-ds

Prism will be installed in Python's bin directory, so make sure this directory is included in your PATH variable.

You can confirm that the project was successfully installed by running which prism in your Terminal emulator.

Python Versions and M1

A quick note on those whose systems have an Apple M1 chip:

Important: for systems with an Apple M1 chip, Prism will only work on Python versions 3.8.10 and above.

Integrations

Prism integrates with a wide variety of third-party developer tools There are two kinds of integrations that Prism supports: adapters, and agents.

Adapters

Adapters allow users to connect to data warehouses or analytics engines. Prism currently supports the following adapters:

Adapter	Command
dbt	pip install "prism-ds[dbt]"
Google BigQuery	pip install "prism-ds[bigquery]"
Postgres	pip install "prism-ds[postgres]"
PrestoDB	pip install "prism-ds[presto]"
PySpark	pip install "prism-ds[pyspark]"
Redshift	pip install "prism-ds[redshift]"
Snowflake	pip install "prism-ds[snowflake]"
Trino	pip install "prism-ds[trino]"

You can learn more about these in the Adapters section.

Agents

Agents allow users to run their projects on external computing environments, e.g., Docker containers, EC2 instances, EMR clusters, and more. Prism currently supports the following agents:

Agent	Command
docker	pip install "prism-ds[docker]"
ec2	N/A - comes with base prism-ds

You can learn more about these in the Agents section.