Installation is easy using pip
both redis and cassandra dependencies are installed by the setup.
$ pip install Stream-Framework
or get it from source
$ git clone https://github.com/tschellenbach/Stream-Framework.git
$ cd Stream-Framework
$ python setup.py install
Depending on the backend you are going to use ( :ref:`choosing_a_storage_backend` ) you will need to have the backend server up and running.