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Installation

Requirements

Section titled “Requirements”
  • Python 3.11+
  • macOS, Linux, or Windows (WSL)
  • Optional: GPU with 8GB+ VRAM for serving models

Install

Section titled “Install”
Section titled “pip (recommended)”
Terminal window
pip install mycellm

Docker

Section titled “Docker”
Terminal window
docker pull ghcr.io/mycellm/mycellm

From source

Section titled “From source”
Terminal window
git clone https://github.com/mycellm/mycellm.git
cd mycellm
pip install -e ".[dev]"

One-liner

Section titled “One-liner”
Terminal window
curl -fsSL https://mycellm.dev/install.sh | sh

Initialize

Section titled “Initialize”
Terminal window
mycellm init

This creates your cryptographic identity and joins the public network. You’ll be asked about telemetry (anonymous usage stats — opt-in).

What init does:

  1. Creates Ed25519 account key (~/.local/share/mycellm/keys/)
  2. Creates device key + certificate
  3. Writes bootstrap config to ~/.config/mycellm/.env
  4. Connects to bootstrap.mycellm.dev:8421

Start the node

Section titled “Start the node”
Terminal window
mycellm serve

Your node is now part of the network. Open http://localhost:8420 for the dashboard.

Run as a service

Section titled “Run as a service”
Terminal window
mycellm serve --install-service

This installs a launchd (macOS) or systemd (Linux) service that auto-starts on boot and restarts on crash.

Verify

Section titled “Verify”
Terminal window
mycellm status
mycellm --version

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”