Commune is a global toolbox that allows you to connect and share any tool (module). This guide will help you install and set up Commune on your system.

• Python 3.8 - 3.12
• Docker (optional, for containerized deployment)
• npm (for certain features)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/commune-ai/commune.git
cd commune

# Run the install script
make install
# OR
./scripts/install.sh

This will automatically:

• Install Python 3 and pip if not present
• Install npm if not present
• Install Docker and Docker Compose if not present
• Install the Commune Python package

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/commune-ai/commune.git
cd commune

# Install as a Python package
pip install -e .

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/commune-ai/commune.git
cd commune

# Build and start with Docker
make build
make start

# Enter the container
make enter

# Check if commune is installed
c key

# Start commune
make start

# Stop commune
make stop

# Restart commune
make restart

# Enter Docker container
make enter

import commune as c

# Example usage
c.print('Hello Commune!', color='green')

• Operating Systems: Linux, macOS, Windows (WSL)
• Python: 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, or 3.12
• Memory: Minimum 4GB RAM (8GB recommended)
• Storage: At least 2GB free space

The main dependencies include:

• FastAPI for web framework
• PyTorch for machine learning
• Rich for terminal formatting
• Various cryptographic libraries
• And many more (see setup.py for full list)

If Docker fails to start:

# Install Docker manually
./scripts/install_docker.sh

If Python is not found:

# Install Python manually
./scripts/install_python.sh

If npm is not found:

# Install npm manually
./scripts/install_npm.sh

To uninstall Commune:

./scripts/uninstall.sh

• Homepage: https://communeai.org/
• Repository: https://github.com/commune-ai/commune
• Issues: https://github.com/commune-ai/commune/issues

MIT License