This document describes how to download the TiDB Toolkit.
TiDB Toolkit contains frequently used tools, such as Dumpling (data export), TiDB Lightning (data import), BR (backup and restore), and sync-diff-inspector (data consistency check).
Tip
For TiDB v8.5.6 and later, most tools, including sync-diff-inspector, are directly available through TiUP. If your deployment environment has internet access, you can deploy a tool using a single TiUP command without downloading the TiDB Toolkit separately.
If you need to deploy and maintain TiDB on Kubernetes, instead of downloading the TiDB Toolkit, follow the steps in TiDB Operator offline installation.
Environment requirements
Operating system: Linux
Architecture: amd64 or arm64
Download link
You can download TiDB Toolkit from the following link:
{version} in the link indicates the version number of TiDB and {arch} indicates the architecture of the system, which can be amd64 or arm64. For example, the download link for v8.5.6 in the amd64 architecture is https://download.pingcap.com/tidb-community-toolkit-v8.5.6-linux-amd64.tar.gz.
Note
If you need to download the PD Control tool pd-ctl, download the TiDB installation package separately from https://download.pingcap.com/tidb-community-server-{version}-linux-{arch}.tar.gz.
TiDB Toolkit description
Depending on which tools you want to use, you can install the corresponding offline packages as follows: