Installation

Note

Below are straightforward instructions for users that already have experience with using Python in a terminal. If you feel you need more explanation, head to Detailed instructions.

reapy is available via pip:

$ pip install python-reapy

One additional step is required to let REAPER know reapy is available. First, open REAPER. Then in a terminal, run:

$ python -c "import reapy; reapy.configure_reaper()"

Now restart REAPER, and you’re all set!

Detailed instructions

Not sure what the previous commands mean? The instructions below will guide you through all steps to get Python and reapy up and running.

Install Python

You can check if you have Python installed by opening a terminal and running:

(Windows)

py --version

(MacOS/Linux)

python --version

If Python is installed, its version gets printed on the terminal. If you get an error or if your version of Python is 2.x.x, head to the official Python download page and install Python 3.

Note

Python 2 officially died in January 2020, which is why reapy does not support it.

You may have read in REAPER official documentation that using Python for REAPER requires additional configuration steps. Don’t spend time trying to reproduce them, reapy will do it for you.

Install reapy

reapy can be installed with the standard Python package manager pip (documentation here). In the terminal, run:

pip install reapy

Note

Having both Python 2 and 3 installed may require to use pip3 instead of pip . On Windows, if neither pip nor pip3 works, py -m pip install reapy should do the trick.

Configure REAPER

REAPER has to be configured to be able to use reapy. First, open REAPER, then run the following in a terminal:

(Windows)

py -c "import reapy; reapy.configure_reaper()"

(MacOS/Linux)

python -c "import reapy; reapy.configure_reaper()"

Finally, restart REAPER and you’re good to go!