Installation

Gcovr is available as a Python package that can be installed via pip.

Install newest stable gcovr release from PyPI:

pip install gcovr

Install development version from GitHub (needs at least version 21.3 of pip):

pip install git+https://github.com/gcovr/gcovr.git

Which environments does gcovr support?

Python:

3.10+.

The automated tests run on CPython (versions 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13) and a compatible PyPy3. Gcovr will only run on Python versions with upstream support.

Last gcovr release for old Python versions:

Python

gcovr

2.6

3.4

2.7

4.2

3.4

4.1

3.5

4.2

3.6

5.0

3.7

6.0

3.8

8.2

3.9

8.5
Operating System:

Linux, Windows, and macOS.

The automated tests run on:

  • Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 and 24.04

  • Windows Server 2022 and 2025

  • MacOS 14 and 15.

Compiler:

GCC and Clang. The versions used for development tests are documented in the contribution guide.