Installation

brew install elevenlabs/tap/elevenlabs

scoop bucket add elevenlabs https://github.com/elevenlabs/scoop-bucket
scoop install elevenlabs

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/elevenlabs/cli/releases/latest/download/elevenlabs-cli-installer.sh | sh

# Option 1: Environment variable (picked up automatically)
export ELEVENLABS_API_KEY="your-api-key"

# Option 2: OAuth login (stores credentials in the OS keyring)
elevenlabs auth login

npm install @elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js

import { ElevenLabsClient } from "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js";

// Option 1: Environment variable (recommended)
// Set ELEVENLABS_API_KEY in your environment
const client = new ElevenLabsClient();

// Option 2: Pass directly
const client = new ElevenLabsClient({ apiKey: "your-api-key" });

pip install elevenlabs

from elevenlabs import ElevenLabs

# Option 1: Environment variable (recommended)
# Set ELEVENLABS_API_KEY in your environment
client = ElevenLabs()

# Option 2: Pass directly
client = ElevenLabs(api_key="your-api-key")

elevenlabs text-to-sound-effects convert \
  --text "Thunder rumbling in the distance" \
  --output output.mp3