tapestry

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Project Tapestry aims to give every nation and participant frontier AI they can call their own — uniting a global consortium to train a shared frontier model from which partners build and own sovereign models aligned to their national, socio-cultural, and industrial needs.

  • .common.mk
  • .console-colors.mk
  • .flake8
  • .formal-spec.mk
  • .gitignore
  • .website.mk
  • AGENTS.md
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • check-external-links.sh
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Gemfile
  • GITHUB_PAGES.md
  • Makefile
  • package-lock.json
  • package.json
  • pyproject.toml
  • pyrightconfig.json
  • README.md
  • SECURITY.md

# Installation Guide

1. Get the code
git clone https://github.com/The-AI-Alliance/tapestry

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd tapestry

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Downloads and runs the official install script in one line — this handles the full setup automatically.

After installing, open a new terminal and run the program's version command (e.g. --version) to confirm it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. Docker

Easy
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Docker Desktop Needed to build and run containers. Install it and keep it running in the background.
⚠️ This is a large repository, so this method may point to an internal sub-package rather than the actual core product. Check the full README as well.
docker build -f contrib/nguyennm1024-sociocultural-alignment/training/Dockerfile -t tapestry .

Builds a runnable image based on the Dockerfile.

docker run -p 8080:80 tapestry

Runs the built image as an actual container.

Run docker compose ps to check the containers are Up. If the README mentions a port, open http://localhost:PORT in your browser.

4. Node.js

Easy
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Node.js Node.js must be installed to use npm. The LTS version is recommended.
npm install

Downloads and installs the libraries listed in package.json.

npm start

Starts the development/run server.

After running the command, open the address shown in the terminal (usually something like http://localhost:3000) in your browser.

5. Python

Easy
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Python 3 On Windows, be sure to check 'Add Python to PATH' during installation.
uv pip install -e ".[dev]" # full development dependencies

Installs the Python libraries listed in requirements.txt (or similar).

uv pip install -e . # minimum dependencies

Installs the Python libraries listed in requirements.txt (or similar).

If it runs without errors and prints output in the terminal, it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

6. Ruby

Easy
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Ruby Ruby is required to use the bundle command.
bundle install

Installs the Ruby libraries listed in the Gemfile.

If bundle install finishes without errors, continue with the run command from the README (e.g. rails server).

7. Make

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Make Usually pre-installed on Linux/macOS. On Windows, install separately (e.g. via MSYS2 or WSL).
make one-time-setup # Requires MacOS or Linux

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

make unit-tests # tests is also defined as an alias for unit-tests.

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

make format

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

make lint

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

make type-check

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

If it finishes without errors, it worked. Try running the generated executable directly.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

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