How to Install `tortoise-orm` in Python

v1.1.7 Async & Networking Python >=3.10 Apache-2.0

Easy async ORM for python, built with relations in mind

Install pip install tortoise-orm

What is tortoise-orm?

Easy async ORM for python, built with relations in mind

Tortoise ORM is an easy-to-use `` ORM (Object Relational Mapper) inspired by Django.

Tortoise ORM supports CPython 3.10 and later for SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle.

Tortoise ORM was built to provide a lightweight, async-native Object-Relational Mapper for Python with a familiar Django-like API.

PyPI page → Author: Andrey Bondar <[email protected]>, Nickolas Grigoriadis <[email protected]>, long2ice <[email protected]>

Quick Start

Minimal example to get started with tortoise-orm:

import tortoise_orm

print(tortoise_orm.__version__)

Installation

pip (standard)

pip install tortoise-orm

Virtual environment (recommended)

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install tortoise-orm

pip3

pip3 install tortoise-orm

conda

conda install -c conda-forge tortoise-orm

Poetry

poetry add tortoise-orm

Dependencies

Installing tortoise-orm will also install these packages:

pypika-tortoise iso8601 aiosqlite anyio tomlkit typing-extensions

Verify the Installation

After installing, confirm the package is available:

python -c "import tortoise_orm; print(tortoise_orm.__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 tortoise-orm with pip.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tortoise_orm'

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

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

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tortoise_orm' (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 tortoise-orm to install into the interpreter you are running.

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

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

Fix: Check the version with pip show tortoise-orm and upgrade with pip install --upgrade tortoise-orm.

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 tortoise-orm. 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 tortoise-orm

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 tortoise-orm

RuntimeError: This event loop is already running

Cause: Calling <code>asyncio.run()</code> inside Jupyter or another already-running event loop.

Fix: In Jupyter, use await directly. Or install nest_asyncio and call nest_asyncio.apply().

Recent Releases

Version	Released
`1.1.7` latest	2026-03-21
`1.1.6`	2026-03-05
`1.1.5`	2026-02-19
`1.1.4`	2026-02-17
`1.1.3`	2026-02-16

Full release history on PyPI →

Manage tortoise-orm

Upgrade to latest version

pip install --upgrade tortoise-orm

Install a specific version

pip install tortoise-orm==1.1.7

Uninstall

pip uninstall tortoise-orm

Check what is installed

pip show tortoise-orm

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

How to Install tortoise-orm in Python