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Installation Instructions (MacOS)

skier233 edited this page Apr 10, 2026 · 11 revisions

Important

The MacOS-Support is currently on Beta-Status and not well tested. Please report any issues here on GitHub or on Discord!

  1. Download the newest release from the releases tab in this GitHub repository.

  2. Unzip the contents of the release and place them where you want to run the server from.

  3. Download any models you want to use from the models page and unzip and copy the contents (the config and models folders) into the AI Server folder created in the previous step. Then,to switch which AI models are currently active, run (windows) .\select_models.ps1 or (linux) ./select_models.sh.

  4. Install Conda by running source ./install/install-conda-mac.sh

  5. Run source ./install/install-mac.sh

  6. (If using a patreon exclusive model) On the first time running the server, it will open a browser window to login with patreon to get your license.

  7. Proceed with installing the stash plugin, or you can run the example client from the example_client folder.

  8. To start the server again in the future, use source ./start.sh

Updating Instructions

To update from a previous version run source ./install/update.sh --mac

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