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| 🚀 **[New in v3.0]** | New features, backwards incompatibilities and migration guide. |
| 🪐 **[Project Templates]** | End-to-end workflows you can clone, modify and run. |
| 🎛 **[API Reference]** | The detailed reference for spaCy's API. |
+| ⏩ **[GPU Processing]** | Use spaCy with CUDA compatible GPU processing. |
| 📦 **[Models]** | Download trained pipelines for spaCy. |
+| 🔔 **[Large Language Models]** | Integrate LLM's into spaCy pipelines. |
| 🌌 **[Universe]** | Plugins, extensions, demos and books from the spaCy ecosystem. |
| ⚙️ **[spaCy VS Code Extension]** | Additional tooling and features for working with spaCy's config files. |
| 👩🏫 **[Online Course]** | Learn spaCy in this free and interactive online course. |
+| 📰 **[Blog]** | Read foundational ideas that led to the formation of spaCy and current development. |
| 📺 **[Videos]** | Our YouTube channel with video tutorials, talks and more. |
| 🛠 **[Changelog]** | Changes and version history. |
| 💝 **[Contribute]** | How to contribute to the spaCy project and code base. |
-| 👕 **[Swag]** | Support us and our work with unique, custom-designed swag! |
|
| Get a custom spaCy pipeline, tailor-made for your NLP problem by spaCy's core developers. Streamlined, production-ready, predictable and maintainable. Start by completing our 5-minute questionnaire to tell us what you need and we'll be in touch! **[Learn more →](https://explosion.ai/spacy-tailored-pipelines)** |
|
| Bespoke advice for problem solving, strategy and analysis for applied NLP projects. Services include data strategy, code reviews, pipeline design and annotation coaching. Curious? Fill in our 5-minute questionnaire to tell us what you need and we'll be in touch! **[Learn more →](https://explosion.ai/spacy-tailored-analysis)** |
[spacy 101]: https://spacy.io/usage/spacy-101
[new in v3.0]: https://spacy.io/usage/v3
[usage guides]: https://spacy.io/usage/
+[gpu processing]: https://spacy.io/usage#gpu
[api reference]: https://spacy.io/api/
[models]: https://spacy.io/models
+[large language models]: https://spacy.io/usage/large-language-models
[universe]: https://spacy.io/universe
[spacy vs code extension]: https://github.com/explosion/spacy-vscode
[videos]: https://www.youtube.com/c/ExplosionAI
[online course]: https://course.spacy.io
+[blog]: https://explosion.ai/blog
[project templates]: https://github.com/explosion/projects
[changelog]: https://spacy.io/usage#changelog
[contribute]: https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
-[swag]: https://explosion.ai/merch
## 💬 Where to ask questions
@@ -135,14 +139,24 @@ lemmatization data, and to lemmatize in languages that don't yet come with
pretrained models and aren't powered by third-party libraries.
When using pip it is generally recommended to install packages in a virtual
-environment to avoid modifying system state:
+environment to avoid modifying system state. The Python `virtualenv` package is required.
```bash
+pip install virtualenv
python -m venv .env
source .env/bin/activate
pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
pip install spacy
```
+On a Windows machine some adjustments are needed when creating the virtual environment. If using the Command Prompt:
+
+```bash
+.env\Scripts\activate
+```
+Or if using Git Bash:
+``` bash
+. .env/Scripts/activate
+```
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