# API_VERSION
URL: https://lsd.tools/docs/api-runtime-api-version
Updated: 2026-07-17

## Example

```python
from lsdtools import API_VERSION

assert API_VERSION.startswith("1.")
```

## Notes

The public API version string, currently `"1.0"`. The **major** bumps when a release removes or renames
a supported name; the **minor** bumps when names are added. Packages may check it to guard against an
incompatible SDK.

## See also

**API:** [Runtime](/docs/api-runtime) · [find_runtime](/docs/api-runtime-find-runtime) · [lsdtools API reference](/docs/api-index)

**Guides:** [Install LSD](/docs/start-install)