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Quick Start Installation

Updated on Jul 20, 2026

The easiest way to install the Telerik UI for WPF product is to use the Telerik CLI. This is a .NET global tool that automates common Telerik development tasks from the command line.

Setup Development Environment

To setup the environment needed to start development with Telerik UI for WPF you can install the Telerik CLI tool and all the setup command. This will log you into your Telerik account, download license key and setup the Telerik NuGet package source.

Open any terminal and install the Telerik CLI.
```
dotnet tool install -g Telerik.CLI
```
Call the telerik setup wpf command in the terminal.
```
telerik setup wpf
```
Use the NuGet Package Manager to install the needed Telerik packages. For example, Telerik.UI.for.Wpf.AllControls.Xaml.
```
<PackageReference Include="Telerik.UI.for.Wpf.AllControls.Xaml" Version="*" />
```

Install License Key

This step is automatically executed when the telerik setup wpf command is invoked.

To download and install a Telerik license key, you can use the telerik license get-key command.

telerik license get-key

Setup Telerik NuGet Package Source

This step is automatically executed when the telerik setup wpf command is invoked.

Starting with the Q3 2026 release, all Telerik UI for WPF NuGet packages will also be available on NuGet.org. If you use nuget.org, you will not need to configure the Telerik NuGet server.

To automatically configure the Telerik NuGet feed, you can use the telerik nuget config command. This adds a package source in the NuGet.config file that points to https://nuget.telerik.com/v3/index.json.

telerik nuget config

Other Installation Options

The recommended installation approach is using Telerik CLI and NuGet packages, as it is easier to use and maintain. In addition to that, Telerik distributes several more of installation options.