Installation

There are two ways to install AutoGen Studio - from PyPi or from source. We recommend installing from PyPi unless you plan to modify the source code.

Create a Virtual Environment (Recommended)

We recommend using a virtual environment as this will ensure that the dependencies for AutoGen Studio are isolated from the rest of your system.

venv

Create and activate:

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

To deactivate later, run:

deactivate

conda

Install Conda if you have not already.

Create and activate:

conda create -n autogen python=3.10
conda activate autogen

To deactivate later, run:

conda deactivate

Install from PyPi (Recommended)

You can install AutoGen Studio using pip, the Python package manager.

pip install -U autogenstudio

Install from source

Note: This approach requires some familiarity with building interfaces in React.

You have two options for installing from source: manually or using a dev container.

A) Install from source manually

1. Ensure you have Python 3.10+ and Node.js (version above 14.15.0) installed.

2. Clone the AutoGen Studio repository and install its Python dependencies using pip install -e .

3. Navigate to the python/packages/autogen-studio/frontend directory, install the dependencies, and build the UI:

npm install -g gatsby-cli
npm install --global yarn
cd frontend
yarn install
yarn build
# Windows users may need alternative commands to build the frontend:
gatsby clean && rmdir /s /q ..\\autogenstudio\\web\\ui 2>nul & (set \"PREFIX_PATH_VALUE=\" || ver>nul) && gatsby build --prefix-paths && xcopy /E /I /Y public ..\\autogenstudio\\web\\ui

B) Install from source using a dev container

1. Follow the Dev Containers tutorial to install VS Code, Docker and relevant extensions.

2. Clone the AutoGen Studio repository.

3. Open python/packages/autogen-studio/in VS Code. Click the blue button in bottom the corner or press F1 and select “Dev Containers: Reopen in Container”.

4. Build the UI:

cd frontend
yarn build

Running the Application

Once installed, run the web UI by entering the following in your terminal:

autogenstudio ui --port 8081

This command will start the application on the specified port. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8081/ to use AutoGen Studio.

AutoGen Studio also takes several parameters to customize the application:

• --host <host> argument to specify the host address. By default, it is set to localhost.

• --appdir <appdir> argument to specify the directory where the app files (e.g., database and generated user files) are stored. By default, it is set to the .autogenstudio directory in the user’s home directory.

• --port <port> argument to specify the port number. By default, it is set to 8080.

• --reload argument to enable auto-reloading of the server when changes are made to the code. By default, it is set to False.

• --database-uri argument to specify the database URI. Example values include sqlite:///database.sqlite for SQLite and postgresql+psycopg://user:password@localhost/dbname for PostgreSQL. If this is not specified, the database URL defaults to a database.sqlite file in the --appdir directory.

• --upgrade-database argument to upgrade the database schema to the latest version. By default, it is set to False.

Now that you have AutoGen Studio installed and running, you are ready to explore its capabilities, including defining and modifying agent workflows, interacting with agents and sessions, and expanding agent skills.