How to Install `scikit-image` in Python

v0.26.0 Data & Science Python >=3.11 BSD-3-Clause

Image processing in Python

Install pip install scikit-image

What is scikit-image?

Image processing in Python

scikit-image: Image processing in Python

If you find this project useful, please cite:

> Stéfan van der Walt, Johannes L. Schönberger, Juan Nunez-Iglesias, > François Boulogne, Joshua D. Warner, Neil Yager, Emmanuelle > Gouillart, Tony Yu, and the scikit-image contributors. > scikit-image: Image processing in Python. PeerJ 2:e453 (2014) >

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Quick Start

Minimal example to get started with scikit-image:

import scikit_image

print(scikit_image.__version__)

Installation

pip (standard)

pip install scikit-image

Virtual environment (recommended)

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install scikit-image

pip3

pip3 install scikit-image

conda

conda install -c conda-forge scikit-image

Poetry

poetry add scikit-image

Dependencies

Installing scikit-image will also install these packages:

numpy scipy networkx pillow imageio tifffile packaging lazy-loader

Verify the Installation

After installing, confirm the package is available:

python -c "import scikit_image; print(scikit_image.__version__)"

If this prints a version number, installation succeeded. If you see a ModuleNotFoundError, see the errors section below.

Installation Errors

Common errors when installing scikit-image with pip.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'scikit_image'

Cause: The package is not installed in the current Python environment.

Fix: Run pip install scikit-image. If using a virtual environment, ensure it is activated first.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'scikit_image' (installed but still failing)

Cause: pip installed the package into a different Python than the one running your script.

Fix: Use python -m pip install scikit-image to install into the interpreter you are running.

ImportError: cannot import name 'X' from 'scikit_image'

Cause: The function or class does not exist in the installed version.

Fix: Check the version with pip show scikit-image and upgrade with pip install --upgrade scikit-image.

pip: command not found

Cause: pip is not in PATH or Python was not added to PATH during installation.

Fix: Try python -m pip install scikit-image. On macOS/Linux try pip3.

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

Cause: No write access to the system Python package directory.

Fix: Use a virtual environment, or add --user: pip install --user scikit-image

SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED

Cause: pip cannot verify PyPI's SSL certificate — common behind corporate proxies.

Fix: Try: pip install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org scikit-image

MemoryError when loading data

Cause: Dataset is too large to fit in RAM.

Fix: Read in chunks, filter columns on load, or consider Polars/Dask for out-of-core processing.

Recent Releases

Version	Released
`0.26.0` latest	2025-12-20
`0.26.0rc2`	2025-12-18
`0.26.0rc1`	2025-12-09
`0.26.0rc0`	2025-11-26
`0.25.2`	2025-02-18

Full release history on PyPI →

Manage scikit-image

Upgrade to latest version

pip install --upgrade scikit-image

Install a specific version

pip install scikit-image==0.26.0

Uninstall

pip uninstall scikit-image

Check what is installed

pip show scikit-image

Last updated: 2026-04-11 • Data from PyPI

How to Install scikit-image in Python