distill

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Context intelligence layer for LLM agents: persistent memory with write-time dedup, sensitivity tagging, conflict detection, and hierarchical decay. ~12ms. No LLM calls. MIT.

  • .gitignore
  • .golangci.yml
  • .goreleaser.yml
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • docker-compose.yml
  • Dockerfile
  • FAQ.md
  • fly.toml
  • go.mod
  • go.sum
  • LICENSE
  • main.go
  • Makefile
  • openapi.yaml
  • README.md
  • render.yaml

# Installation Guide

1. Get the code
git clone https://github.com/Siddhant-K-code/distill

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd distill

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended
Prerequisites
  • Go Go is required to use go install.
go install github.com/Siddhant-K-code/distill@latest

Downloads and installs the specified version directly β€” no need to clone the repo yourself.

βœ… 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.
docker pull ghcr.io/siddhant-k-code/distill:latest

Type this command into your terminal and run it.

docker run -p 8080:8080 -e OPENAI_API_KEY=your-key ghcr.io/siddhant-k-code/distill

Runs the built image as an actual container.

make docker-build # build Docker image

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

docker run -p 8080:8080 -e OPENAI_API_KEY=your-key ghcr.io/siddhant-k-code/distill:latest

Runs the built image as an actual container.

docker run -p 8080:8080 -e OPENAI_API_KEY=your-key ghcr.io/siddhant-k-code/distill:v0.1.0

Runs the built image as an actual container.

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

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

4. Go

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Go The Go compiler and toolchain.
go install github.com/Siddhant-K-code/distill@latest

Downloads and installs the specified version directly β€” no need to clone the repo yourself.

go build -o distill .

Compiles the Go program into an executable.

βœ… If the build finishes without errors, it worked. If you used go run ., check the terminal output.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

5. 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 build # compile ./distill

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

make test # go test ./...

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

make check # fmt + vet + test

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

make test-cover # test with coverage report

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

make bench # run benchmarks

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

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

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

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