Installation - DataFog

The expanded detectors are available in 0.4.0 or newer across all four runtimes. Runtime capability discovery is available in Rust and Python. See the 0.4.0 release notes.

The three credential detectors require Core 0.4.1 or newer.

Package availability

The structured PERSON APIs require version 0.3.0 or newer in every binding. See the 0.3.0 release notes.

Runtime	Distribution	Import	Availability
Rust	`datafog-core`	`datafog_core`	Published on crates.io
Python	`datafog-core`	`datafog_core`	Published on PyPI
Node.js	`@datafog/node`	`@datafog/node`	Published on npm
Browser/WASM	`@datafog/wasm`	`@datafog/wasm`	Published on npm

cargo add datafog-core

python -m pip install datafog-core

npm install @datafog/node

npm install @datafog/wasm

Do not use pip install datafog when following these pages. That command installs the established DataFog Python library, not DataFog Core. If you are moving an existing application, follow Migrate from DataFog Python.

Runtime requirements

Rust 1.88 or newer
Python 3.10 or newer
Node.js 24.x for the native Node package
A browser with WebAssembly support for the browser package

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