Check version of pip package installer for Python


To check the version of the PIP package installer for Python, you can type the pip --version in Terminal of macOS or Command Prompt for Windows.

Note: You might get an error saying command not found: pip, that's because you must have installed pip3 version, so try pip3 --version instead.

% pip3 --version
pip 20.2.3 

from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/ 
Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/
Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip (python 3.8)

As you can see I have pip3 version 20.0.3 installed at location /Library/Developer/../lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip

pip or pip3 version command
pip or pip3 version command