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The jiwer README offers pip as the alternative to uv for installing the package.

Checked against its source on October 17, 2026

In the source's own words

“Or, if you prefer old-fashioned pip and you're using Python”

jiwer: Evaluate your speech-to-text system (README), Jitsi open source project, GitHub, jitsi/jiwer, n.d., Section: Installation (before Usage).

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What it measures
The README first suggests uv for adding the package, then gives pip as the other route. The pip command in the README is pip install jiwer.
What it does not show
The install instructions describe the package as published on GitHub and the Python index. Commands for other environments, such as Conda, are not covered.

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