Together SDK review

Q: How do I install Together SDK?

Run pip install together. The install section above has the other options from the project's README.

Q: Does Together SDK have a command-line tool?

Yes. Together SDK installs a together CLI. It covers chat completions, completions, image generation, files, fine-tuning, and models. Chat and completions output streams to stdout by default, and --no-stream turns streaming off.

Together SDK is the official Python client for Together's API, with synchronous and asynchronous clients plus a command-line interface.

Updated Nov 1, 2026. Review written Oct 22, 2026 from the project's own sources; usage data refreshed every Monday.

TL;DR

Together SDK is the official Python library for Together's REST API. It covers chat, completions, images, embeddings, reranking, fine-tuning and batch jobs. It is for Python 3.10+ developers building on Together-hosted models. The together-python repo holds the deprecated V1 codebase, and new development happens in the 2.0 SDK.

81GitHub stars
+0new stars, week of Oct 25
~541.1kdownloads a week, +3% vs 4-week avg
#22in Model SDKs and gateways this week

Together SDK at a glance

Category: Model SDKs and gateways
Maintained by: Together (organization, @togethercomputer on GitHub)
License: Apache 2.0
Language: Python, Makefile, Dockerfile
Repository: github.com/togethercomputer/together-python
Website: pypi.org/project/together
npm package: together-ai 0.58.0
PyPI package: together 2.42.0
Latest release: v1.5.36 on GitHub, Oct 21, 2026
First published: Apr 5, 2023

What Together SDK does

Together SDK sends chat completions with plain text, image, or video content, and supports streaming responses.
Together SDK generates images, creates embeddings, and reranks documents through Together-hosted models.
Together SDK uploads training files and creates, lists, cancels, and downloads fine-tuning jobs.
Together SDK submits batch inference jobs, which have a 24-hour turnaround time.
Together SDK can return token-level logprobs, which you can use to estimate the model's confidence in its outputs.
Together SDK includes a `together` CLI for chat, completions, image generation, files, fine-tuning, and listing models.
Together SDK 2.0 includes type definitions for all request params and response fields, and an RL training SDK.

How it works

Together SDK is a Python package that calls Together's REST API. You create a Together or AsyncTogether client, and it reads the TOGETHER_API_KEY environment variable by default. The 2.0 library uses httpx for HTTP requests. Its async client can optionally use aiohttp instead. The same package installs a CLI that streams output to stdout by default.

How to install and start using Together SDK

With pip

pip install together

With uv

uv add together

With the Tinker extra

pip install 'together[tinker]'

Requirements

Python 3.10 or later.
A Together.ai account and a Together API key.
Python 3.11 or later for the Tinker-compatible post-training entry point.

First steps

Create a Together.ai account and copy an API key from the settings page.
Set your key as an environment variable: export TOGETHER_API_KEY=xxxxx
Create a client with `client = Together()` and call `client.chat.completions.create` with a model and messages.
List the available models with `together models list`.

Who Together SDK is for

Python developers calling Together-hosted open models for chat, completions, or vision.
Teams fine-tuning models on Together from Python code or the command line.
Developers building retrieval pipelines that need embeddings and reranking from one client.
Workloads with large inference jobs that can tolerate a 24-hour batch turnaround.

Limitations to know

Together SDK V1 in the together-python repo is deprecated and in maintenance mode. New features go to the 2.0 SDK in together-py.
Together SDK only works with Together's API platform and requires a Together account.
Together SDK batch inference jobs have a 24-hour turnaround time.
Together SDK deprecated prompt cache support in both the SDK and the CLI in v1.5.35.

Is Together SDK growing? Usage data

In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, Together SDK ranked #347 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #22 in Model SDKs and gateways, with a momentum score of 22 out of 100. Its main package had about 541.1k downloads that week, +3% against its own 4-week average.

New GitHub stars per week for the last 12 weeks, from GitHub's stargazer history (today's stargazers by the week they starred).

Show the weekly numbers

New GitHub stars per week for Together SDK
Week of	New stars
Aug 9, 2026	0
Aug 16, 2026	0
Aug 23, 2026	0
Aug 30, 2026	0
Sep 6, 2026	0
Sep 13, 2026	1
Sep 20, 2026	0
Sep 27, 2026	0
Oct 4, 2026	0
Oct 11, 2026	0
Oct 18, 2026	0
Oct 25, 2026	0

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Together SDK alternatives

Other LLM SDKs and gateways on the Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum:

Model SDKs and gateways ranked by momentum, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026
Rank	Tool	Stars	Downloads/wk
#1	thinking-orbsthinking-orbs is a React library of dotted, animated thought-orb loading indicators for AI and agent user interfaces.	3.9k	1.4M
#2	HeadroomHeadroom compresses tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks locally before they reach the LLM, as a library, proxy, or MCP server.	78.5k	125.8k
#3	LiteLLMLiteLLM is an open source AI gateway and Python SDK that calls 100+ LLM providers through one OpenAI-format interface.	62.5k	23.1M
#4	Honcho Memory library for building stateful agents	7.9k	–
#5	Anthropic SDKAnthropic SDK is the official Python library for calling the Claude API from Python applications.	4k	111M
#6	Hugging Face HubHugging Face Hub is the official CLI and Python client for downloading, uploading and managing models, datasets and Spaces on the…	4k	68.3M

All LLM SDKs and gateways, ranked

Recent Together SDK releases

v1.5.36, Oct 21, 2026
v1.5.35, Jan 21, 2026
v1.5.34, Dec 23, 2025
v.1.5.33, Dec 17, 2025
v.1.5.32, Dec 12, 2025

Together SDK FAQ

Is Together SDK free and open source?

Yes. Together SDK's source code is on GitHub (togethercomputer/together-python) under the Apache 2.0 license, so you can use it for free.

How do I install Together SDK?

Run pip install together. The install section above has the other options from the project's README.

Is Together SDK still maintained?

Yes. The togethercomputer/together-python repository was last updated on Oct 21, 2026, and the latest release, v1.5.36 on GitHub, came out on Oct 21, 2026.

How popular is Together SDK?

Together SDK has 81 GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 0 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 0 a week. Its main package had about 541.1k downloads that week, +3% against its own 4-week average. That made it #22 among LLM SDKs and gateways on the Devtoolwatch Board.

What are the best alternatives to Together SDK?

Other LLM SDKs and gateways on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: thinking-orbs (#1), Headroom (#2), LiteLLM (#3), Honcho (#4), Anthropic SDK (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

Is the together-python repo still the current Together SDK?

No. The together-python repo holds Together Python V1, which is deprecated and in maintenance mode. All new development happens in the 2.0 SDK at together-py. A migration guide is available at docs.together.ai.

How do I set my Together API key?

Together SDK reads the TOGETHER_API_KEY environment variable by default. You can also pass api_key to the client directly. The 2.0 docs recommend storing the key in a .env file with python-dotenv so it stays out of source control.

Does Together SDK support async code?

Yes. Together SDK provides an AsyncTogether client that you use with await. Its functionality is otherwise identical to the synchronous client. In the 2.0 SDK, the async client can optionally use aiohttp as its HTTP backend.

Can Together SDK send images or video to a model?

Yes. Together SDK chat completions accept multi-modal content arrays. Use image_url items for images and video_url items for video, alongside text items.

Does Together SDK have a command-line tool?

Yes. Together SDK installs a together CLI. It covers chat completions, completions, image generation, files, fine-tuning, and models. Chat and completions output streams to stdout by default, and --no-stream turns streaming off.

Sources

Together SDK README badge

Maintainers can show the tool's weekly Board rank in their README:

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